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Phantom power usage even with nothing plugged in?

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  • zorber
    zorber Posts: 1,107 Forumite
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    smoke detector?
    "Save the cheerleader - Save the world"
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    bengasman wrote: »
    Bump from a startup capacitor getting charged, control light of something, permanent shaver socket, capacitive or inductive leak, low quality or damaged insulation in part of the wiring, ulv lighting, strip light starter or transformer getting charged to name but a few.

    Stick to plumbing - your obviously out of your depth on this question! :rotfl:
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    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • bengasman
    bengasman Posts: 601 Forumite
    espresso wrote: »
    Stick to plumbing - your obviously out of your depth on this question!
    .
    Bump from a startup capacitor getting charged, control light of something, permanent shaver socket, capacitive or inductive leak, low quality or damaged insulation in part of the wiring, ulv lighting, strip light starter or transformer getting charged to name but a few.
    Oh pray, which of the above would not cause a tiny current and why not?
    If your answer is no better than: "everybody knows that" style, don't bother to respond.
  • wormzer
    wormzer Posts: 7 Forumite
    zorber wrote: »
    smoke detector?

    I was wondering on this and I don't know how these smoke detectors are wired. We have them throughout the house and I *think* they'd all be on one breaker. There's one labeled "fire" and I thought that might be the smoke detectors. I figure that's 3 watts I can afford. :)

    And as far as "switch it off and see if there's anything you're missing" I'd hate to do that and leave something like the smoke detectors off because I didn't miss them!

    matt
  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    wormzer wrote: »
    What might I be missing? 10w in the bathroom somewhere? Or some other hidden home item?
    Do you have a shaver socket in the bathroom?
    220->110V transformers in some shaver sockets can be very inefficient.
    Feel around the socket for any warmth.
  • wormzer
    wormzer Posts: 7 Forumite
    ooh, that's a good one, but I'm in the US and we don't have such sockets here. :)
  • bengasman
    bengasman Posts: 601 Forumite
    wormzer wrote: »
    ooh, that's a good one, but I'm in the US and we don't have such sockets here. :)
    Do you have "normal" sockets for shavers in the bathroom?:eek:
  • wormzer
    wormzer Posts: 7 Forumite
    110 is normal, right? :)
  • bengasman
    bengasman Posts: 601 Forumite
    wormzer wrote: »
    110 is normal, right? :)
    By normal, I meant not separated with limited current. UK shaver sockets have 1:1 transformer which limits the current to 0.03 or 0.05 A.
  • wormzer
    wormzer Posts: 7 Forumite
    oh wow. yeah, nothing like that here. Just GFIs in the water rooms but no transformers.
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