"Steve Jones" wrote in message
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Steve Jones wrote:
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Thanks for all the answers. Even with my limited knowledge I thought the
13amp fuse was overkill. But it was manufacturer fitted!

Anyway I tried the mains panel and it does work fine except what I
didn't realise is that it also detects low power states such as standby.
So everything goes off when I put the TV into standby. Not what I had in
mind, I wanted it to power down everything else when I physically
switched it off before going to bed. Otherwise to record a programme I
would need the TV and/or STB actually on.


Steve

Get a simple switched multi-way, put it somewhere accessible and get into
the habit of using that to switch everything off rather than the TV switch.
Or if accessible use the switch on the wall outlet socket.

There's something to be said for doing this - if the switch eventually wears
out then it's a hell of a lot cheaper to replace either the multiway or the
wall socket than it would be to have the TV main switch replaced.


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Richard Sampson

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