Turning off my cannon 5650 printer at the wall?

moneysavesitself

hi i just got an new printer i switch everything off at the wall when not in use but my computer i was wornding if i should switch off printer at the wall plug

i leave my computer on because i am using it on and off all day and run an lot off software that needs to be running 24/7 will not go into it all


at this time my gas an power bill is 40 pounds in the winter if i left my printer plugin at the wall not on would it be eatting up much more power ?

just wanted your thoughts on this of course i dont want to make my bill lots more off course

Mr_K

Always good to switch things off, but a printer uses didly squat so it'll make no difference to your bill. Using sleep mode on your pc might save a little though.

Anything that involves heating will be the vast majority of your bill, so put a jumper on.

moneysavesitself

yer i put my computer to sleep auto when not in use

i am only going buy this http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/household-bills/10920520/The-devices-quietly-running-up-your-energy-bills.html

so even if my printer itself is off I still going to save a bit buy switching the plug as well?

JJ_Egan

Turn your printer off at the wall savings £1. per year .
Turn your printer off by the printer off .
If the printer is left on standby then probable savings are more than £1.

victor2

Power consumption from the specs of the Canon PIXMA MG5650:

Off: Approx. 0.2 W
Standby (connected to PC via USB): Approx. 0.8 W (scanning lamp off)

So, switching the printer off but leaving the adapter on at the wall uses 0.2W or about 1.8kWh per year. Depending on your tariff that will cost you something like 20p a year. 80p if you leave the printer on standby...

victor2

moneysavesitself wrote: »

yer i put my computer to sleep auto when not in use

i am only going buy this http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/household-bills/10920520/The-devices-quietly-running-up-your-energy-bills.html

so even if my printer itself is off I still going to save a bit buy switching the plug as well?

That article is pretty useless. They put CRT and LED TVs together for one thing when they are totally different animals. EU regulations have said for a number of years now that new TVs must use less than 1W on standby, reduced to 0.5W in January 2013.
The article is also dated June 2014 and doesn't say where they derived their prices from. It does highlight things to consider, but not much else.

Cardew

victor2 wrote: »

That article is pretty useless. They put CRT and LED TVs together for one thing when they are totally different animals. EU regulations have said for a number of years now that new TVs must use less than 1W on standby, reduced to 0.5W in January 2013.
The article is also dated June 2014 and doesn't say where they derived their prices from. It does highlight things to consider, but not much else.

Agree 100%


The emphasis on standby consumption IMO causes more problems than it solves.


Time and again we get posts from people complaining about their high electricity consumption. They invariably start off by stating 'I switch off my TV at the wall socket' obviously thinking this is the major saving measure.


Even my 15 year old 32" CRT only used 0.6w on standby.