What do you switch off?

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nick_b

Everything except the home phone, which is on a charger, gets switched off in our house. I noticed that my DAB radio would give off a hum, even when it was turned off, so now the plug gets pulled out as well.

Kaz2904

I just bought a plug socket thing called an intellipanel for all the bits. If the sky box is £10 per year then I reckon we'll do ok. I couldn't turn off my tv- it only had standby.

brysiewysie

This is a similar nice little thread with some similar ideas;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1184647

Recently I've started turning off at the wall; Washing machine, coffee pod machine, PC's, TV's, DVD and game consoles.

For those hard to access places I've bought some of these type of remote control plugs which are available from several places;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RADIPLUG-Remote-Control-Socket-Switches/dp/B001CFJA6M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1225355494&sr=8-3

I think I've reduced consumption by around 20% using these measures.