How to work out amps?

Gerry1

Ectophile wrote: »

You won't have any lights to see by

I believe that even at this time of year most places have daylight at certain times.

Ectophile wrote: »

you will have to sit by the meter with a torch.

As above, and you don't need any light to see the red flashes.

Ectophile wrote: »

Everything with a clock in will need to be reset again when you turn the power back on.

Not necessarily. Many devices, probably most, have battery backup.

Ectophile wrote: »

Finding the label on the back of the appliance, or digging out the instruction manubl is a lot less hassle.

Did you read the first post? The OP did find the label, but it only says "220-220V" and then "50 Hz".

[Deleted User]

What exactly are you looking for?


If you type make and model into google it will likely tell you the power consumption anyway.


If u still wanted current, P/V=I

AndyPK

the manual should give you consumption in W (watts)

no need to convert to amps

Talldave

User manual or spec sheet will quote a figure, but it'll be for typical use. Maybe that's all the OP wants. But on a high end TV, watching HDR content will crank up the power consumption when the brightness is peaking. I've had TVs creaking as they heat up whilst showing 4k HDR.

Agree that powering down the entire house is impractical. Better to do what I did and grab an Onzo monitor for £8 on ebay and simply see how much the consumption increases by when the TV's switched on. Do it enough times and you get a good idea of actual figures once you've eliminated the "fridge came on" measurements. But you'll never be able to measure standby consumption - however it's so low you don't need to!

getmore4less

As said TVs have variable power consumption.

Panasonic

My old 42" plasma was rated at 385W(no average in those days)

Current 55"OLED rated at 400W with average 142W.

A 58 LCD(led) from the range would be 143W 85W

Sterlingtimes

I measured the combined power consumption of the following over one year: 42 inch LED TV, Sky Q box, DVD player, Bose Soundbar, Develo powerline adapter. Answer 496 kWh. That equates to an average of 56.6 watts in each hour. Standby consumption is 31 watts peak consumption is 108 watts.

Our tumble dryer measured in at 539 kWh over one year. Surprisingly, the television set up used a similar amount of power as the heavily used tumble dryer.

AndyPK

31W standby!!!! bet that's the Sky box

Talldave

AndyPK wrote: »

31W standby!!!! bet that's the Sky box

Indeed. The TV will probably be 0.5W or less. Powerline probably 5 or 6W. My Powerline adaptors drop to 0.5W when the connected device goes to standby, but I bet the Sky Q is pinging it so it never sleeps.