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 blihp on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:04PM (#31184346)

Depends on whether or not you have a fancy 'smart' fridge, in which case it could very easily be in a state where it is consuming power without performing any meaningful work. A lot of these IoT devices, while low power vs a traditional PC, are not efficient.

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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by yason on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:25PM (#31184608)

Measuring standby power matters where the alternate option would be to unplug the device or use an extension cord with a power switch instead of relying on an active but low-power state.

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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by blihp on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @07:19PM (#31187040)

Sure, for things that you have the option to do that with and you don't mind the hassle. In cases where that isn't an option (i.e. in the case of a smart fridge) or you're not going to do that, it's still useful to know how much idle/sleep power a device consumes as you might want to either modify the device, replace or get rid of it.

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