On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:49:47 -0000, "vortex2"
wrote:

|I've been losing sleep on this:
|
|* There are 8760 hours in a year.
|* A unit of electricity costs (say) 8p
|* So 1 watt of household quiescent consumption costs 70p per year.
|
|I have more wall warts and other items, permanently on in the house than
|ever before and they're always warm (the linear ones at least).
|
|ADSL Router
|Ethernet switch
|USB Hub
|Printer
|Various lights
|Answering Machine
|Bell Transformer
|Aerial Amplifier power.
|TV on standby x 2
|Sky box
|Bedroom Freeview box
|Drill Charger
|Assorted clocks/clock radios
|....and no doubt lots more. The list goes on.
|
|That's a lot of 70p's in the course of 12 months. I am going to have to get
|out my Maplin power meter and add all this up. I have a hunch I am in for a
|shock.
|
|Anybody out there done this exercise for themselves? What was the
|outcome?

As has been said repeatedly here all these things heat the house for 8
months of the year, so I ignore the costs.

Don't try turning off the Sky box or TVs they are designed to stay on
standby and forget important information when switched off, then go into
startup mode when power is restored which is a right pain in the *rs*.
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