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Originally Posted by dcb
Actually I expected to see that, but our newish m-wave doesn't hardly use anything when it is off (barely registered on the kill-a-watt). The printer and vcr on the otherhand are sucking a suprising amount of wattage for just sitting there doing nothing.
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Both are pretty low, but my Grandpa's newer microwave used ~6W compared to ~2W for the 1980's version I have. Not sure about the power use when it's on, but now that mine doesn't heat anything I suppose it's pulled decisively into the lead.
