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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng | | Dutch term or phrase: sluimerverbruik | | The term relates to the very small power consumption of, for example, power adapters, PCs and monitors in power saving mode, electrical devices on standby, etc. |
| Mark StraverKudoZ activityQuestions: 37 (none open) ( 4 closed without grading) Answers: 81
Sweden
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| | standby power consumption | Explanation:
-> "We investigated the variation in standby power consumption in ten California homes.Total standby power in the homes ranged from 14–169 W, with an average of 67 W.This corresponded to 5%–26% of the homes’ annual electricity use."
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/793739-FoRVRe/nativ...
-> "The Commission has adopted today the ecodesign regulation to reduce standby energy consumption of all household and office products. The regulation lays down energy efficiency requirements which will cut the standby electricity consumption by almost 75% by 2020."
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/0...
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Note added at 46 mins (2009-03-18 12:37:07 GMT)
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Technically, consumption by phone chargers left plugged in is known as 'no-load consumption' (http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/poo/poo139.html ). Personally I would be happy to include this in 'standby consumption' as effectively the same thing is happening as when you leave a TV in standby mode: the device is not in active use, but is using power. |
| Selected response from:
 Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:31
| Grading comment Thank you, some more research my end confirmed that it can be used as a very generic term, indeed.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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16 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 standby power consumption
Explanation:
-> "We investigated the variation in standby power consumption in ten California homes.Total standby power in the homes ranged from 14–169 W, with an average of 67 W.This corresponded to 5%–26% of the homes’ annual electricity use."
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/793739-FoRVRe/nativ...
-> "The Commission has adopted today the ecodesign regulation to reduce standby energy consumption of all household and office products. The regulation lays down energy efficiency requirements which will cut the standby electricity consumption by almost 75% by 2020."
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/0...
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Note added at 46 mins (2009-03-18 12:37:07 GMT)
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Technically, consumption by phone chargers left plugged in is known as 'no-load consumption' (http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/poo/poo139.html ). Personally I would be happy to include this in 'standby consumption' as effectively the same thing is happening as when you leave a TV in standby mode: the device is not in active use, but is using power.
| Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:31
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 31
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| | Grading comment | Thank you, some more research my end confirmed that it can be used as a very generic term, indeed. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: My question here would be, is this generic enough to apply to everything that has low, continuous power consumption, even if it's not necessarily a device on standby but also, for example, a plugged-in adapter with nothing attached (like a cellphone charger)?
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