Author Topic: Do 110v plasmas consume more electricity when used in the philippines (220v)?  (Read 595 times)

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Offline samlowry

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Hey All!


I just bought a 58 inch panasonic 110v tv (plugged into a transformer of course).  Was that a mistake given that our local power supply is 220v?   did I just unnecessarily double my electric bill?  This is not an issue on smaller wattage gadgets like PS3s or xboxes, but 58 inch plasmas are pretty power hungry.  will I have a higher chance of overloading my circuit when I run everything including high wattage avrs, power amps and players?

Need a little advice:)  How much exactly is it consuming more electricity than a native 220v tv, same size?
« Last Edit: Nov 13, 2008 at 02:27 AM by samlowry »
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Taking out the 220V/110V step-down transformer, the same energy is used by the (same) plasma whether you use 110 or 220V.   The main difference is that with 110 V, the appliance would draw twice the current that it would from a 220 V supply line. The product of V (voltage) x I (current) x efficiency is P (power), which is the energy an electrical appliance needs to run on per second, remains the same.    If anything, a 220V/240V distribution should be safer because of the lower current flow - some American standards are technically questionable - but because they are America - they tend to become standards.

However, the voltage transformer (AVR) inserted between the outlet and the plasma contributes some additional power load on its own (the idle state load + the running load).  If it's highly efficient, then it's not gonna be that pain in the wallet.  If it's not efficient enough, it will most likely burn out anyways due to heavy load of the 58V plasma.  So the answer to your last question is the contribution of the AVR. 

Your 58 full HD plasma alone is rated 635W at full load, but annual power consumption at 4.5 hours viewing per day is estimated at 475kWH which translates to about 40kWH per month - not so bad for someone who can afford a 58V in the first place.    :)