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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: russotto@grace.speakeasy.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Steve   wrote:   
   >On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:11:11 -0600, "5834 Dead, 977 since 1/20/09"   
   > wrote:   
   >>   
   >>The TVs in particular feature the "instant on" feature.  With the old   
   >>CRTs, and the Plasma screens, that means keeping a condensor fully   
   >>charged at all times, which means most of the power a TV that is "off" is   
   >>drawing is to provide that convenience.   
   >   
   >    Why yes, of course, "keeping a condenser charged" draws so   
   >much power.....   
   >   
   >   
   >Jamieson's ignorance knows no bounds....   
      
   In fact, the instant on feature in a CRT TV involves leaving the   
   filament heater on.  Which actualy does take some power, though not as   
   much as he imagines.  Sometimes it means keeping some portion of the   
   high voltage circuitry active as well.   
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