Advice sought re overnight electricity consumption

macman

Yes, 3,400 seconds is correct. I was just checking that you were paying attention...

grahamc2003

sacsquacco wrote: »

just done a useage check on my Panasonic 42 inch plasma, rated at 350w. I switched everything off and using my accurate ( I presume ) smart meter monitor the tv was using 0.24kwhr or 2. 35 pence and hour . on standby it dropped to 0.02 kwhr or 0.22 pence an hour.
the only thing electrical on in the house was the TV and the smart meter monitor and a led from a 4 way socket. so it looks like on standby its using approx a fifth of a penny an hour
my monitor is saying my BG tariff is on 9.77 pence a unit so I must now be on the tier 2 rates

Are you sure you read your meter correctly for the standby reading? I'd agree that 240W (0.24kW) is about right for when the tv is on, but I'd expect only around 2W (0.002kW, costing 0.02p/h) when on standby.

Not sure what you are reading off your meter, but if it's kW, it's an instantaneous power reading, and if it's kWh, it's an energy reading of the energy used over a period of time.