Idle Power... why the obsession? How many hours a day is your system idle? On a very small system, sure, it makes a difference. In a whole house or a system that is powering stuff 24/7 idle power means nothing... what should be noted is power consumption under load if that is what the system is doing most of the time.
In reading threads, I see people touting low idle power... if your system is running so infrequently that idle power is an issue... I just don't know what this is about??
In researching a few years back on how I was going to build my system, I realized that idle power wasn't an issue, in any way. My system was almost never going to be idle. and even if it were idle 8 hours a day, the savings difference would be what? 40 watts?? so I save 320 watts out of my 15kw hour battery??
So then... if your system is doing work most of the time.. idle power consumption seems irrelevant to me.
In reading threads, I see people touting low idle power... if your system is running so infrequently that idle power is an issue... I just don't know what this is about??
In researching a few years back on how I was going to build my system, I realized that idle power wasn't an issue, in any way. My system was almost never going to be idle. and even if it were idle 8 hours a day, the savings difference would be what? 40 watts?? so I save 320 watts out of my 15kw hour battery??
So then... if your system is doing work most of the time.. idle power consumption seems irrelevant to me.