Eon TV powerdown adapter power consumption

allisonw

Does anyone know how much electricity an eon TV powerdown adapter uses?

Allison

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

Hi allison

Our TV Powerdown uses approx 0.5 watt. This is the equivalent of approx 12 watt hours per day.

This means to use 1 kWh, you will need to leave the Powerdown on continuously all day every day for 83 days.

Hope this answers your question allison. Give me a shout if you need any more info as will be happy to help.

Malc

Freddie_Snowbits

My power down adapter uses 0.00000000W and cost the Earth!
Freda gets off her backside and switches said thing off at the socket!

(I would have used something like BAT backside, but I was yellow carded for the word Batty in relation to a diet thread)

allisonw

Our TV Powerdown uses approx 0.5 watt

So since my new TV uses 0.2 watt in standby, anyone want a TV powerdown?

Allison

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allisonw wrote: »

So since my new TV uses 0.2 watt in standby, anyone want a TV powerdown?

Allison

Whilst newer electrical appliances do use considerably less power in standby compared to older models. 0.2w is very good.

However, as I understand it, the EON TV adaptor is designed to control a number of electrical items all by switching the tv into standby. The instructions even suggest plugging in a multiway adaptor to allow many items to be controlled.

e.g. with a tv, you may also wish to power down linked items such as a tv signal amplifier, a dvd player, a video, a games console, a sky or freeview box, etc

I'm not sure if you have any of these, and even if you do, I'm not sure how it will work with those items that have a timer (or worse still you require to come alive to record something when you are not watching tv)

Perhaps the device may be useful to use in connection with your computer instead if you also have a separate monitor, speakers, printer, scanner, router, etc ?

Viper_7

I got some of those remote sockets from Asda when they were on offer for a £5. Great buy.
One remote can control as many devices as you wish to assign to any of the 4 buttons on the remote.
As mentioned it's not just the TV - it's the Sky box, the DVD. etc.
One push and they all turn off.
On standby they were all using a shocking 20w

Cardew

The British Gas one has six sockets. Four of these always switch off with the remote. The other two are 'optional' i.e. you can operate the remote and switch power off to four, five or six.

So you can leave the Sky box on 24/7 and use the remote to switch off everything else.

st999

On standby they were all using a shocking 20w

£18 per year in electricity.

Ever think that some people take money saving too far?

The OP is considering not using the Eon TV powerdown adapter because it uses 0.3 watts more than her TV. that's a whole 2.628 kWh per year at a cost of probably 30p in a year.

Then again I used to be like that but not any more. I just paid £1.53 for 4 pints of milk from Tesco because it is only a 10 min walk from my house, whereas I could have spent 1.5 hours there and back getting a free bus into town and going to the pound shop and getting the milk for £1.

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st999 wrote: »

£18 per year in electricity.

Ever think that some people take money saving too far?

...

That's per appliance.

If there are 5-6 appliances involved, that could be £100+ a year being wasted. :eek:

As this is a moneysaving website, no I don't think some people are taking money saving too far, especially when saving such money shouldn't affect their lifestyle at all ... it might even make it easier for them if they can power down all their assciated appliances with one press of a remote control button.

If some people are prepared to waste £100 a year (or even £18 a year), perhaps they simply feel it is wrong to waste the earths precious resources in this way, with the resultant adverse affect burning those resources creates?

st999

That's per appliance

Ah! I thought he meant in total. That's what all my chargers for my cordless phones etc. total.

I have a spreadsheet with all my electrical devices and what they use hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.

Want to know what single item uses the most amount of electricity in a year? My computer.

Want to know the second? Sky + box. Even my TV uses less electricity in a year than the Sky + box

st999

Ever think that some people take money saving too far?

That was actually in relationship to

Eon TV powerdown adapter because it uses 0.3 watts more than her TV

to waste the earths precious resources in this way

And do you not think that all the resourses were put here on the earth, or just exist, for us to use as we see fit?

If we are not meant to use them, why are they here?