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Do you guys switch off your wireless router if out during the day?
martin2345uk
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As per title - we tend to just leave ours on all the time, but does anyone turn theirs off when they're not at home?
I would also ask about the Sky+ box, but I understand it doesn't record stuff when switched off so will leave that for now
Just curious really!
I would also ask about the Sky+ box, but I understand it doesn't record stuff when switched off so will leave that for now
Just curious really!
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yes, 7 watts is 7 watts, which works out to about a fiver pa in electricity wasted assuming out for 8 hours, and asleep for 8 hours.
It also may help to improve the odd sluggish sync speed.!!
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Overnight and stays off all day till I get home from work. If I remember, which I quite often don't.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
No mine is on all the time.0
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Mine is on all of the time too... as is my computer.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Yes, we switch ours off when we're out. We also have it on a timer so it goes off at night - which is handy as it stops me staying up too late fiddling on the internet 0
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It never occurred to me to turn it off!Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget!
Curtain pole installed in the living room
Paint curtain pole
Window quilts for landing window & french door
Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
Insulate front door
Bubble wrap windows & french door
Wash front door curtain
Blind for the bathroom
Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
Wash heated throws
Wash duvet & wool blankets
Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
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No we don't turn ours off.0
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I doubt very much that switching the darned box on and off is worth my time even if it did save me a fiver a year. Each to their own, I will not loose sleep over this.Five exclamation marks the sure sign of an insane mind!!!!!
Terry Pratchett.0 -
the same could be said of lights or many electrical appliances, but generally people switch them off when not needed.!!
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Not overnight, but we do if we leave for more than a day.
We do turn the Sky box off at the wall whenever we are not using it thoughRecovering Shopaholic
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