Just taken a watt meter to measure applances in living room

thescouselander

What sort of meter are you using - Make and model?

Poppycat

Its a Tchibo (TCM) No idea of model it doesnt say on the device. Unless its ART. 220053

espresso

Just looked up the specification of your Samsung LCD and it says < 1.2W in power saving mode (Standby) so your watt meter seems to be rather inaccurate.

espresso

withabix wrote: »

Also there will be energy losses between the plug socket and the electrical appliance, so those must be accounted for.

Please elaborate?

Poppycat

Can you show us where you got this from.

It could also be that the Samsung is wrong also, okay it may say it runs at that but what if the LCD is faulty? We already had it repaired once and had a new panel fitted. Okay granted its less likely taht the Samsung is wrong but it is plausible.

Also what niggels me about this LCD is there is no on off switch is either on, standby or off at mains

espresso wrote: »

Just looked up the specification of your Samsung LCD and it says < 1.2W in power saving mode (Standby) so your watt meter seems to be rather inaccurate.

espresso

Poppycat wrote: »

Can you show us where you got this from.

Manual available here

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/200507/20050711110506484_BN68-00927E-00Eng.pdf

Poppycat

Thanks for that

Cardew

Poppycat,
You said that you are using the TV set as a monitor.

Looking at the manual there is a 'source' button for selecting external inputs.

Could this somehow be the cause of your high 'standby' consumption? Perhaps try different settings of that facility and/or disconnect the other sources to test.

Certainly as a TV your standby consumption according to the manual should be less than 1.2W and cost less than £1 a year to run even if left on 24/7 and your TV never used.

P.S.
All the major manufacturers signed up years ago to the aim to get standby consumption to less than 1 Watt. Many have exceeded that, and it is inconceivable that an LCD TV will have a standby consumption of 19 watts - especially Samsung.

ollyk

Poppycat wrote: »

I have taken another reading and the Samsung is still reading 19w on standby

I even plugged the tv direct in the mains and it still shows 19w

The trailer lead 6 sockets cost £5.99 from Wilko's

If the meter is wrong and the figures are less obviously it will take longer to recoup any money spent, however I have yet to see any evidence that it is, certainly shows correct watt for a kettle okay high consumption, you may be right about low powered devices, but as yet there is no real evidence, I also cant find any info what standby the tv is suppose to be, as your initial post doesn't show my tv due to it being almost 2 year old model

LOL When I plugged my monitor into my watt meter and put it into standby I was dissapointed by the high reading of 20 odd watts, and being relatively experienced in electronics new this was a little bit silly. I confirmed this when I switch the monitor off with the MAINS switch on the front i.e. absolutely nothing connected and my watt meter still read 19 Watts :rolleyes:

Please folks don't get sucked in by all this BS if it makes you feel better or you want to save a few pence then great otherwise it's not worth the worry.