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Many of the appliances in homes today consume power when they are turned off. These include microwaves, stereos, VCRs and television sets. The phantom load can be caused by inefficiencies in converting AC into DC [[electricity]], by indicator lights like clocks on VCRs, or by standby power use such as that used for electronic memory or a remote. | Many of the appliances in homes today consume power when they are turned off. These include microwaves, stereos, VCRs and television sets. The phantom load can be caused by inefficiencies in converting AC into DC [[electricity]], by indicator lights like clocks on VCRs, or by standby power use such as that used for electronic memory or a remote. | ||
For any single appliance the phantom load is never that large (the most inefficient designs draw 15-20 [[Power and energy basics|watts]] [http://www.sustainability.ca/index.cfm?body=SourceView.cfm&ID=440]), however when factored over all of the appliances in a country like the U.S. the load can come to billions of | For any single appliance the phantom load is never that large (the most inefficient designs draw 15-20 [[Power and energy basics|watts]] [http://www.sustainability.ca/index.cfm?body=SourceView.cfm&ID=440]), however when factored over all of the appliances in a country like the U.S. the load can come to billions of watt hours. | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||