Whats the difference in energy used?

gazza975526570

Wonder if anyone has worked out the difference in energy use (of if you have an energy monitor could do) the difference of a sky box.

Im led to believe even on stanby they use a high proportion of energy.

DOes anyone know how much is used on standby and how many when on?

brysiewysie

There's lots of things that do use power even when they seem to be off. You can be sure the sky box does use something but don't stop there. Invest in a plug monitor device (maplins sell them at £14 odd but often they are around half price. Lidls look like they have an offer on soon too http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20081009.p.Energy_Monitor.ar1).

It will save you the cost of the unit by trying out all your appliances and changing your habits.

Cardew

I think it varies according to the model(they are made by different manufacturers)

My old Sky box used approx 14 Watts on standby and the newer Sky+ and Sky HD are about the same.

14 Watts is by far and away the highest standby consumption of any modern electrical appliance.(all my TVs are less than 1 Watt) However to put it in perspective, even left on 24/7(and costing electricity a 10p/kWh) it will cost approx £1 a month.

I had a big row with Sky about Sky multi-room. As I spend a lot of time abroad I switched off the Shy multi-room box. This is against the T & Cs as it must be either on or standby and connected to your telephone line.

The real reason for this is that I could pay for Sky multi room and then give the box to, say, my son, to use in his house.

AndysDad

I've got a Grundig 'Skybox' and that takes 20 Watts on standby, thats why I turn it 'Off' when I'm not using it.