adjust idle/active energy usage

[Brathahn]

Hello,
is there a way to adjust the idle/active energy usage of a machine?

im planning of making a "load-resistor" to drain large ammounts of energy from my power network.

my idea was modifying a lamp and use the circuit network condition to toggle it on and off.
the problem now is the idle energy usage: if i set the lamps "energy_usage_per_tick" to 1000KW it will drain 997kw (where do the 3kw go btw?) :


but if the lamp is off it drains about 33kw:


this is not suitable for measuring purposes..
also adding idle_energy_usage = 0KW does not work.

how can i set the idle consumption to zero?

[darkfrei]

Maybe idle_energy_usage = "0kW" or

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 idle_energy_usage = nil

or

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 idle_energy_usage = {}

[ratchetfreak]

wait until 0.13 with the power switch