Remote Control Sockets

Ravi47

Looking for some good remote control sockets to turn off equipment so it's not on standby
Ive seen a couple of brands
no more standy & energenie
I had some previously but they stopped working and the range wasn't that good.
Can anyone who has used any give a recomendation please?

[Deleted User]

All you're doing is swapping the standby consumption of the appliance for the standby consumption of the remote. Can you find any that actually specify what their consumption is?

Ravi47

Not doing i to save money I'm using them to turn off audio equipment by remote as the sockets are hard to get. I don't want to leave lots of audio equipment on when not in use or if I go away for a few days.

London50

Ravi47 wrote: »

Looking for some good remote control sockets to turn off equipment so it's not on standby
Ive seen a couple of brands
no more standy & energenie
I had some previously but they stopped working and the range wasn't that good.
Can anyone who has used any give a recomendation please?

I have been using these for 3/4 years and they have not let me down yet. I bough a set first to try in our living room then a second set for the rest of our property after about 6 months so now {even with 4/6 gang sockets from them lights/tv's ect all are on/off without crawling under tables ect to switch things on or off, just one click and done:)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercury-350-115-Remote-Control-Adaptor/dp/B0051NIJA4/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1491000483&sr=8-6&keywords=remote+socket

B_G_B

I've used these for a couple of years or so. Found them good.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brennenstuhl-1507453-Remote-Control-Comfort/dp/B003BIFLSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1491000901&sr=1-1&keywords=BRENNENSTUHL

RichardD1970

London50 wrote: »

I have been using these for 3/4 years and they have not let me down yet. I bough a set first to try in our living room then a second set for the rest of our property after about 6 months so now {even with 4/6 gang sockets from them lights/tv's ect all are on/off without crawling under tables ect to switch things on or off, just one click and done:)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercury-350-115-Remote-Control-Adaptor/dp/B0051NIJA4/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1491000483&sr=8-6&keywords=remote+socket

I have the same bought in 2015. No issues.

Conveniently you can programme individual/multiple units to a specific buttons on the remote.

Standby power is 1.0W per unit.

forgotmyname

I have some bought in sets from CPC-Farnells. As jack-pott mentions though they draw a standby current themselves which may actually be greater than the devices standby current.

But they are ideal for sockets that are hard to reach. I use one for my TV setup because the sockets are way down the back.

Strider590

jack_pott wrote: »

All you're doing is swapping the standby consumption of the appliance for the standby consumption of the remote. Can you find any that actually specify what their consumption is?

This is VERY true, don't just use this stuff assuming it's going to save anything.

Most modern electronics have power supplies that would cost less than 50p a month left on standby.

Company I used to work for decided to put motion sensors on the fluorescent lights in the toilets and corridors as part of their bid to be more green..... The sensors used almost as much power (per hour) as the lights they were controlling, except the sensors were on 24/7 365 days a year, not just for 8 hours every weekday.
This was just stupidity on an epic scale, they only cared about appearing to be saving energy.

Let's also address the fact that electronic components can wear out, particularly capacitors in power supplies (and more specifically 1000uF capacitors being the primary failure mode in most mains powered electronic equipment), and what makes them wear out? Two things, power cycling or heat.

I do turn my 40inch Samsung TV off at the wall, i've had it 8 years, i've replaced the power supply capacitors 3 times. Most people would have put it in the skip.

Similar with my PC, connected 24/7, the one time I turned it off before going on holiday, I came back a week later, turned it on and the PSU exploded.
Also if I had turned the PC off every night at the wall, i'd have needed to change the BIOS battery several times over the years, most people would just buy a new PC for the sake of a battery.

What you save in energy, you could well end up spending on repairs or most likely new equipment.

It's gotten so ridiculous that internet ISPs put power saving modes in their routers, that don't actually save any power, they just turn off the LEDs. All in a bid to stop people turning off their routers all the time and causing connection issues for themselves.

The authorities, on the back of large fat envelopes from the energy companies, are dead set on making us think we are to blame for the high energy prices, by making us think it's our fault, there is less resistance when prices go up.

Gers

I installed smart plugs for the two TV sets. They work through wifii and an app on phone / tablet.

The Samsung TV, in the bedroom, has no proper on / off switch, it only goes to standby which has a bright red light on all the time. Now I can tap an icon on my phone or tablet to switch the whole caboodle off after watching.

victor2

Got these last Christmas to control Christmas Tree lights:
http://www.diy.com/departments/gao-remote-control-switch-1000w/805507_BQ.prd
Use them now on some table lamps. Work just fine with everything from old incandescent bulbs to LED ones. See no reason why they wouldn't control larger items.
At £12 for two sockets, could be worth a try.

kwikbreaks

Strider590 wrote: »

I do turn my 40inch Samsung TV off at the wall, i've had it 8 years, i've replaced the power supply capacitors 3 times. Most people would have put it in the skip.

You must have been very unlucky and then used some really poor quality replacement caps. My own TV gets powered off at the wall whenever it isn't in use (easy to reach switched socket), is approaching 10 years old and has not failed once so far. FWIW it's a Toshiba.

Strider590 wrote: »

It's gotten so ridiculous that internet ISPs put power saving modes in their routers, that don't actually save any power, they just turn off the LEDs. All in a bid to stop people turning off their routers all the time and causing connection issues for themselves.

It's nothing to do with their convenience it's an EU ruling...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6771-eu-mandates-standby-modes-for-networked-devices.html

https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/Guidance%20document_Lot%2026_Networked%20Standby_clean%20FIN.pdf