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Actually, I saw a study recently that as much as 6% of U.S. residential
electrical power consumption is from devices in "stand-by" mode.
So, your parents might not be so far off the mark, actually.
Jeff E
Ka-On Lee wrote:
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> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno writes:
> > Why do solar calculators have an off button?
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> For some 50+ years old folks like my parents, who insist on turning the solar
> calculator upside down when it is not used so that it will turn 'off'. Unless
> it got a clock like the VCR, anything with a stand by light annoys them since
> they are not 'completely off'.
>
> The good thing is the calculator only collect dust on the bottom. :)
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