On (09 May 96) Robert Sayre wrote to Roy J. Tellason...
 RS> My computer power supply puts out 5 volts and 12 volts. 
Yeah, ours too, put the input is 24 volts...
 RS> My experiences with switching power supplies have been, that
 RS> the larger the supply, the higher the idle current. I assume
 RS> that inverters are similar. I could be wrong, though.
Could be, but the larger and better inverters have a "search mode"
which shuts them down until a load is sensed, so they are using
almost no power when not loaded. OTOH, running a big inverter for a
small load can be very inefficient.
                        Ian
... All power corrupts, but we NEED electricity.                              
 
... I've been re-using stuff for so long it seems like I've seldom HAD 
anything
new.
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