I have to say that I don't unplug things at all at night.

If you take a typical Satellite Receiver, ours spends 30% of it's life in Standby mode.

24 Hours X 365 Days = 8760 hours
30% standby time of 8760 hours = 2628 Hours
Power usage in Standby mode = 3 watts per hour at a cost of 18.61c per Unit.

Which means it will costs me 66 cent a month to leave it plugged in.

lol... for the sake of not having to plug in 365 times and out 365 times a year, I'll gladly pay the 66 cent a month.

Regards.
James.

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Powering up and powering down is generally the most stressful time for electronic components. Although you MIGHT think you are being green unplugging and re-plugging all that stuff (or just switching it off and on!), all it takes is for one of them to fail, and you have now lost any advantage you might have slowly garnered, because you have to go and buy something new, which has a MUCH larger footprint than the little power you used in standby...

It ain't easy being green...

If a thunderstorm are on the way, yes.
If going away from home, yes.
If not intended to use for a while, yes.
Otherwise, it's remain plugged in the wallconnectors, but switch/turn off power if not in use.

Anyway, some say it's more damaging for the electronic equipment
to turn on and off all the time, then leave it powered on.
But to leave it on don't make me a green powersaver, does it?

GJ

Btw, if every household in the world save 66 cents a month, just put it
into my bankaccount, I'm sure it would grow to a couple of dollars...

I turn off my computer from time to time, but most of the time is on.............thursday morning I turned off my desktp in the afternoon i tried to turn it on and it did not work, power supply I'm guessing.

ANd yes I heard about it before, that if you turn your computer on and off evreyday its very stressful on your power supply, NOW I KNOW!!!

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I turn off the smoke alarm when nothing's burning. Also the burglar alarm when no one is breaking in. I'm now contemplating turning off the stove when I'm not cooking. Just trying to do my part to be 'green'.

chas

cue music ... "It's not easy being green ... "

t.

PS ... what Gunnar said ...
t.

Gunnar Jonny,
Based on considerable experience in electonic engineering...and 49 years in Ham Radio (you know, antennas sticking up 100 feet etc) ...I agree with your approach completely. Well said.

Unless you have a 'whole house' surge and lightning protection system...unplug any electronics if a storm is comming.

I turn off most equipment if I am not going to use it for a few hours or more...other wise I leave it on. I leave my computers on all the time so anti-virus and OS updates come down regularly. If a storm is comming, off it goes & unplugged. Be sure to unplug all telephone lines as well, whether they go to your computer, router, DSL, fax, or satelitte rcvr.!

Lee S.

Here in the lightning capitol of the US, I don't have a single sensitive piece of gear that isn't running off a UPS. Even the cable and phone lines run through these.

So far, so good.

Old habits are hard to turn they say, and even if my house is well protected I most
often forget that I got the electrical and wiring installation rebuilt some years
ago. I'm turning off and unplug the same way as before .....

Regarding the telephone line, YES!!
T-storms very often send overvoltage through the copperlines, and too many people
get the DSL modems, routers and LAN cards damaged because it's only the mainpower
kable who is disconnected.

GJ

I dont know bout others but this is the story: My MacPro G5 last time was shut off in March of 2008,
my Laptop in May last year, even though us a laptop i dont take it out, my synths such as Motif XS, M3
or Phantom, PA800, SX3000 and other stay on for 3-4 day, 3 pairs of studio monitors havent been shut
off for years and all kinds of things. Not only about electricity but is it bad for the electronics?

The main cause of fires is electronic left in stand-by mode. From a purely safety point of view don't leave things on standby with the exception of (Sat & Freview boxes) which need to be in stand-by to update themselves.

Let me guess. Because of age and deteriorating mental abilities (from prolonged arranger KB playing), you've forgotten where the on-off switch is. Hint: leave little notes to yourself; you'll save a ton on your electric bill.



chas

And who said you guys don't have a sense of humour? But Lordy Lordy!!! many do not have a proof reader, or do not read their posts before submitting.
My UserName says it all.
Ray

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I don't. I figure the weakest electronics in my houses have always survived electrical storms for the past 40 years, the better stuff has more robust switching power supplies and I have never lost as much as an alarm clock or light bulb filament in a thunder storm so why would I worry about something with a far better power supply. A direct hit will take everything out no matter what is between the wall and the unit.

If its really bad I will unplug the Goose Juices powering the Studio stuff, but most of the time I leave everything plugged in and off.
Now brown outs are another story.I believe they are worse for electronics. They WILL cause power supplies to overheat. If I lived in Brownout country I would have a battery back up unit keeping the current level up.

I was just fighting with my roommate about the electric bill.
But the thing is, i dont forget, i leave it on on purpose cuz
i am too lazy to turn everything back on tomorow and
trust me there is a lot to turn on.