Power drain from an idle converter?

[davida]

Plain old converters are notorious for draining power even when there's no load in the DC circuit. Does my univolt (or any of the new chargers) have the same problem? I don't have a need for anything running on the 12V circuit 95% of the time except for a couple of small lights to keep the mildew at bay, but I've never explicitely turned off the univolt. What would the wattage draw of a 60A 12V converter be even with nothing on? (hopefully not 720 Watts!)

[Poprivet]

The text book would tell you if there is no DC draw than there is no A/C draw and no power is consumed. The reality is add 10 watts or so to the watage of the lamps.

[davida]

Cool. 10W is not "material". Thanks!