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From: Tom St Denis on 22 Apr 2010 11:03
On Apr 22, 4:05 am, Jack Hopson <jack...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> Army1987 typed...
>
> > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:17:40 +0000, Jack Hopson wrote:
>
> >> My flatmate claims that we should turn off this main pull switch after
> >> using the shower, because when it's on electricity is always being used
> >> to keep a reserve of hot water.
>
> >> I claim this is hokum and leaving the switch on is no different to
> >> leaving the TV on standby.
>
> > Indeed, you shouldn't leave the TV on standby, either.
>
> OK, but my point is that leaving the TV on standby uses a negligible
> amount of energy - pennies a year probably. Isn't the same true of the
> shower pull switch?

Depends on the age of the TV. My current TV/Stereo [new as of last
year] don't even register on my UPS when off (in standby). My old
Nintendo Wii registers as 11W when in amber standby (so clearly the
UPS can measure things that low) which is why I just unplug the damn
thing when I'm not using it.

My brothers turn of the century [21st...] LCD TV ranks around 15-20W
when in standby.

So it depends really on the age of the gear. Get yourself a kill-a-
watt to be sure.

Tom
From: Seebs on 22 Apr 2010 11:58
On 2010-04-22, Jack Hopson <jackh12(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> OK, but my point is that leaving the TV on standby uses a negligible
> amount of energy - pennies a year probably.

Wrong. It usually uses a surprisingly large amount of energy.

> Isn't the same true of the
> shower pull switch?

I have no idea. You'd have to know something about how it was built.

This has nothing to do with C, though. Followups set to alt.test since
I can't think of a more appropriate group.

-s
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From: Jack Hopson on 22 Apr 2010 04:05
Army1987 typed...
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:17:40 +0000, Jack Hopson wrote:
>
>> My flatmate claims that we should turn off this main pull switch after
>> using the shower, because when it's on electricity is always being used
>> to keep a reserve of hot water.
>>
>> I claim this is hokum and leaving the switch on is no different to
>> leaving the TV on standby.
>
> Indeed, you shouldn't leave the TV on standby, either.

OK, but my point is that leaving the TV on standby uses a negligible
amount of energy - pennies a year probably. Isn't the same true of the
shower pull switch?
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