What is idle power in a DC-AC inverter?
Idle power is the consumption of the inverter when it is on, but no loads are running. It is wasted power, so if you expect the inverter to be on for many hours during which there is very little load (as in most residential situations), you want this to be as low as possible. 11. What are Phantom and idling loads? Most of the modern gadgets draw some power whenever they are plugged in. Some of them use power to do nothing at all. An example is a TV with a remote control. Its electric eye system is on day and night, watching for your signal to turn the screen on. Every appliance with an external wall-plug transformer uses power even when the appliance is turned off. These little loads are called phantom loads because their power draw is unexpected, unseen, and easily forgotten. A similar concern is idling loads. These are devices that must be on all the time in order to function when needed. These include smoke detectors, alarm systems, motion detector lights, fax machines, and answerin
