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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort
Great Thread, You can blame all this useless standby current on one thing only..REMOTE CONTROL. Makers used to put the mains switch on the FRONT of the telly. Now its hidden away under a cover or in the case of the Thompson/ Ferguson A10R, on the back! Graham..Shame on you..Change that back up battery in that Philips/Pye this weekend! Personally I switch everything off. JOHN.
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It doesn't help existing equipment, but chip and equipment manufacturers have developed methods to reduce standby power consumption down to the 1W level or less. Still not perfect, only a real switch can do that, but a lot better than it was and much less wasted electricity. Since much consumer equipment is replaced on a fairly short life cycle the improvements will work their way through automatically.
I still prefer to switch off most equipment but it's not always convenient. In most countries they don't usually have switched power sockets which makes it even less convenient.