| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus is diclosed to reduce power consumption of a load (116). In one embodiment a power control system (108) selectively routes power directly to a load (116) or to a power reduction device (120). A delay may occur prior to introduction of the power reduction device (120) to fully energize the load (116). The power reduction device (120) may operate in conjunction with signal modification device (124). The signal modification device (124) modifies the signal provided to the load to achieve desired operation of the load. In one embodiment the power reduction device comprises a step-down transformer (212) and the signal modification device comprises a capacitor (254). In one embodiment the power reduction device (120) is selected to remove unwanted frequency components from the signal provide to the load. In various other embodiments the power control system (108) may be configured to stagger start the load to minimize the peak draw of the load.</p> |
