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--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@v...> 
wrote:
> Here's a laugh:
> When I grabbed the AN1x wall wart to look at it, it was warm, 
REALLY warm -
> and the AN1x has been off since Sunday!!!  How can this be, 
you may ask?
> Because due to design (apologies here Bruce and others), the 
stupid thing is
> drawing current all of the time!  Transformers are like that, even 
when the
> secondary coil has no load, the primary still has it's own 
internal
> impedance and pulls current and costs money.  So, when the 
AN1x is off, it
> really isn't completely off....

This doesn't sound right to me. I've not had my AN1x turned on 
all week and the Pa-3B power supply (factory supplied) is stone 
cold to the touch.

regards,

Jon