No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “standby” devices

Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by iSloth on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:05AM (#31180040)

Sure, I guess my definition of idle is everyone in the house asleep not using any appliances and having them all in the generally accepted idle state.

Network Equipment I actually swapped a decent amount of it - The testing showed the Netgear managed switches were using around 1W each, opposed to 20w for the DLink switch, and another 20w for a Unifi Switch.

The Hob/Microwave I manually just power off now as I don't need them on all day long, and devices which I put Alexa controller relays on were the aircon units, my PC & Monitors and the TV & Surround (other than Sky Box)

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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by bcrosby95 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:46AM (#31180531)

Definitions are being stretched all around for this.

Vampire/phantom power was a specific problem where devices that were turned off by the user would still consume 5-10w. The only way to remove that power use was to completely cut the electricity to the device. From testing I did a while ago, devices made after around 2010 don't have this problem.

Deciding not to turn off a device can certainly be a problem. But it's a relatively new one.

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