Saving Electricity

[Khandro]

Green guidelines recommend disabling standby mode on various household appliances.

When I think about it, my TV for example must be on standby for about 20 hours in each 24, which means 140hrs per week or (reaches for calculator) 7,280 hrs per year!

To switch off standby mode I would have to struggle behind the set to get to the wall-socket or likewise to the TV connection.

Would putting a torpedo switch in the cable be a sensible & easy way to do this please?

[bednobs]

do you have a smart device of any sort?

[douglas9401]

...As a result, according to EDF Energy, leaving your 32-inch TV on standby for a year would consume just 1.6W of power, at an annual cost of…

£1.91.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/television/a797305/how-much-does-leaving-my-tv-on-standby-mode-actually-cost-the-answer-might-well-surprise-you/


Probably not

[youngmafbog]

But thats just a small TV Douglas. Add in the other items such as phone chargers 'video' recorders, computers, satellite boxes etc it mounts up. Multiply by the 28 million households in the UK and thats a fair bit 'wasted'.

Perhpaps rather than a torpedo switch a timer? or use a lead with switched plugs on it that can be reaced?

[aelmpvw]

blimey, why does a dvd player cost so much in standby?

[youngmafbog]

Anything in 'standby' has to have at least part of its electronics ready and running, e.g. the software. It has to constantly be ready to receive the signal, usually from a remote. If it was off and not listening then it couldnt do anything.

[gingejbee]

Just a small point...you really shouldn't have to "struggle" (or otherwise find it difficult) to disconnect any electrical item from the mains. Plugs and sockets should be easy to access in case of problems with equipment (risk of fire etc).

[douglas9401]

Tell you what then, I'll switch everything off when 'they' stop illuminating public buildings, monuments, castles, bridges etc.

[youngmafbog]

Ideally yes but practically no.

For instance many TV's will be plugged into a multi plug surge device that will be behind a cupboard/stand and will have all the recording equipment on. For many the originating plug is accessible so in the event of an emergency it can be straight off but you wouldnt want to do that nightly especially if you are recording items through the night.

[youngmafbog]

I agree Douglas, I dont switch things off I was just answering for thoise that feel that way.

[douglas9401]

A grateful nation thanks you.

[aelmpvw]

i suppose i could switch my dvd player off and celebrate with three free pints at the end of the year . . .

[New Judge]

//Tell you what then, I'll switch everything off when 'they' stop illuminating public buildings, monuments, castles, bridges etc.//

And I'll do it when shops are instructed to close their doors in the winter rather than heating the street with their 20Kw "curtain" heaters.

You could get yourself one of these, Khandro:

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

Only a little over six years and you'll begin to reap the benefits!

[dannyk13]

So do you need one of these devices for each appliance?

[Khandro]

It's easy to dismiss the idea as a trivial amount, but I have found this from the Sun,

Utilita also revealed that the average UK home has 10 items left plugged in and switched off despite not being used.

It’s estimated that around 30 per cent of households leave items on standby that they haven’t used in a year or more.

TVs and gaming consoles are said to be among the worst offenders, adding extra pennies to your bills with every hour they’re left in rest mode.

But plenty more appliances and gadgets may also be adding to your bills without you even realising.

They include baby monitors, smart speakers, printers and your smartphone chargers.

Utilita said that leaving everyday items on standby could be costing people hundreds of pounds a year.'
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Imagine what a difference that would make to a country's energy need if more people complied.

[Stargazer]

I have been doing this for years and trying to get others to do it. My Panasonic flat screen has a switch just at the back but on the end so can reach it without a problem.

[dannyk13]

Can anybody answer my post at 14.10 please?

[bednobs]

you can plug 1 plug into it. nothing stopping that being a six gang socket strip though

[dannyk13]

Thanks Bednobs.

[davebro]

most of my stuff - TV/DVD/CDradio/Freeview box is on a multiplug from a single wall socket. I switch off at the wall every night. Stopped bothering with night time recordings as I found I wasn't watching most of them.

[davebro]

not overfilling the kettle will save a lot more!