 Poster: A snowHead
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@Alastair Pink,
That is very interesting. I wonder if winter sports contribute more to GDP than 1.2%.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Alastair Pink,
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more than 800 GWh per year are wasted in Austria just by standby losses
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that doesn't sound reasonable to me ??
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@davidof, that was my thinking 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Alastair Pink, 11W standby? That’s a lot of wee red LEDs, no?
I’m trying to think what we have running, couple of TVs a router, clock radio … ?
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| under a new name wrote: |
@Alastair Pink, 11W standby? That’s a lot of wee red LEDs, no?
I’m trying to think what we have running, couple of TVs a router, clock radio … ? |
As I said 11W for standby appliances in the home seems very reasonable to me. It's not so much the LEDs as the other parts of standby circuitry that will be drawing some power.
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| terrygasson wrote: |
@under a new name, just looked it up, apparently a tv uses approx 1.5watts per day on standby, just had a quick look around and i have about 10 items on standby, so @Alastair Pink, calcs not that far off 
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Just to clarify, the 1.5 Watts on standby which you quote for your TV is a continuous power demand. The energy used in a day is power x time = 1.5 x24= 36Wh (Watt-hours).
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It would be nice if appliances actually came with an off switch. My TV doesn't. Anything “smart” will be using a small amount of energy all the time so that it can react if necessary, but I suspect that other appliances that don't have a giveaway LED are still “on”, e.g. the microwave has a button to turn its clock display off when it's not actually heating something, but I suspect there is still a low level draw.
Euro sockets don't have a switch, and rearranging the furniture/crawling behind cabinets every day to plug/unplug things is not practical.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Scarlet wrote: |
| Euro sockets don't have a switch, and rearranging the furniture/crawling behind cabinets every day to plug/unplug things is not practical. |
Or US power sockets either. Another reason why UK power sockets are a good design (along with safety features like shuttered connectors).
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You know it makes sense.
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@Alastair Pink, fyi we do have switched receptacles in housing of a certain age, and they drive everyone crazy because there only are about two in each house (including my vacation rental) so they can be a bit of a puzzle for some. If its your own house, you learn their locations, and they're good to have; over here they are typically used in rooms that are less likely to have a ceiling-mounted fixture (living, bedrooms) so they're there by the door to control a lamp without having to futz with finding the lamp in the dark. And so the first thing I tell my guest is "don't use this outlet to charge your phone because when you turn out the light you'll de-energize the entire receptacle and awaken to an uncharged phone".
Hey people turning their refers off for long intervals: it is a given that you empty them out first, but then do you prop open the door? Sounds like a petri dish otherwise.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@davidof, 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Alastair Pink, correct (and not a great sentence either!). We use "fridge" as well. (BTW if you haven't seen RM, it is a scream)
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