Switch off at the wall or unplug completley?

badly_dubbed

as per title...any difference in power saving?

sk240

its exactly the same! :-)

badly_dubbed

Thank you

Avoriaz

badly_dubbed wrote: »

as per title...any difference in power saving?

Unplugging uses more power.














It takes more arm power to pull a plug out of a socket than it does to switch the socket off.

macman

This must be a wind up?
Reminds me of my long-departed great aunt, who (allegedly) when they first had mains electricity installed in the 1940's, used to buy blank plugs and place them in the empty sockets to stop the electricity leaking out!

badly_dubbed

nah not a wind up...genuine daft question

Toxteth_OGrady

Unplugging would probably need more human mechanical power (work/effort) than switching off.

badly_dubbed

Ill get the minions (kids) to do it

macman

So, if the circuit is open (either by removing the plug, or by the switch being 'off'), then no current can flow. Cost is therefore zero.
I'm just intrigued as to what you thought the difference was?

badly_dubbed

macman wrote: »

So, if the circuit is open (either by removing the plug, or by the switch being 'off'), then no current can flow. Cost is therefore zero.
I'm just intrigued as to what you thought the difference was?

It was actually a friend who said they should be unplugged :rotfl: versus swtiched off...so thought id ask as not being a sparky, I wasnt sure really

VSynth

My GF insists on pulling the plugs out, the fact that this is going to wear the plug/socket out quicker and make it more likely to malfunction seems not to matter!