standby saver

TRYINGTOSWIM

have just completed a energy usage questionnaire from brititsh gas web site,which reckons we can save £173 per year from simple things.

heating has just been turned down on each radiator.
boiling only water we need etc

now as much as I am full of good intentions with teenagers in the house,I can see an endless stream of nagging regarding things on standby..this report suggests a standby saver,which I guess is the thing on the british gas advert which says goodnight tv,goodnight laptop etc....

are they any good? and do they work around teenagers? dont want to spend money on one if going to be waste of time and only achieve same results as my useless nagging..
thanks

brightgirl

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well the infrared standby energy saver can be operated using any appliance that is controlled with an Infrared remote control. The Infrared unit works with your existing remote control and learns signals from it. Using the Standby Saver after a small delay the power to all devices is switched off. When switched back on using the Infrared remote, standby saver returns power to all the equipment[/FONT][/FONT] so the standby saver basically realises that the computer, tv or whatever is plugged in are no longer being used and switches them off therefore even things that use 1w in standby mode will be switched off. Bear in mind, some older products like freeview boxes that I have heard about use similar amount of electricity when powered on and when in standby mode so its worth a shot and i`m sure the teenagers will understand.

TRYINGTOSWIM wrote: »

have just completed a energy usage questionnaire from brititsh gas web site,which reckons we can save £173 per year from simple things.

heating has just been turned down on each radiator.
boiling only water we need etc

now as much as I am full of good intentions with teenagers in the house,I can see an endless stream of nagging regarding things on standby..this report suggests a standby saver,which I guess is the thing on the british gas advert which says goodnight tv,goodnight laptop etc....

are they any good? and do they work around teenagers? dont want to spend money on one if going to be waste of time and only achieve same results as my useless nagging..
thanks

Celyn

TRYINGTOSWIM wrote: »

... dont want to spend money on one if going to be waste of time and only achieve same results as my useless nagging..
thanks

I don't know whether this is of use to you but if any of these conditions apply in your case, but if they do

To qualify for a FREE LIME energy saving plug you or a household member needs to be aged 70 years or over OR in receipt of one of the following qualifying benefits:

Council tax benefit
Housing benefit
Income support
Income-based job seeker’s allowance
Income-related employment and support allowance
Attendance allowance
Disability living allowance
Disablement pension which includes constant attendance allowance
War disablement pension which includes either mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance
State pension credit
Child tax credit where annual household income no more than £16,040
Working tax credit where annual household income no more than £16,040

from: Free Energy Saving Plug Offer



you can get one of these magic standby saver plugs free. My dad has just got one so I might get to see what it does at the weekend.

Absolutely NO notion of how it works with teenagers. :rotfl:

BekahC

It appears to have made a slight differnce to me! We have a few lime plugs.

ALSO the free plug offer is (or was a few weeks back) open to everyone! x

wakeupalarm

What do people use these LIME energy saving plugs with. My tv only uses 1w, my pvr won't record if switched off at the mains, my video (yes still have one) loses its settings if switched off at the mains. My PC is already pluged into a powerdown so not needed there.

All other electrical devices don't have remote controls, so what do people use them for?

point2

I use the savasocket which is a 6 way socket, 4 that allow you to plug items in which are usually left on standby and the other 2 are for items that need to be permanently on.