Have you had any problems when turning off your router etc overnight?

shiraz99

For the few pennys you'll save over the year it really isn't worth it. Personally, I can't because I've got security devices attached to the wifi that run 24/7.

matelodave

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

mjm3346

matelodave said:

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

Some TV boxes use twice that on standby

shiraz99

The following article is worth a read for a bit of perspective

 - https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/01/energy-usage-uk-home-broadband-routers-big-isps-compared.html

As it suggests the average cost is around £15 per year to have your router on 24/7 with multiple devices connected and using it but the likelihood is you'd be probably spending much less than this.

matelodave

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

Some TV boxes use twice that on standby

possibly they do, but that's not what the op was asking

mjm3346

matelodave said:

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

Some TV boxes use twice that on standby

possibly they do, but that's not what the op was asking

OP stated that the TV box was the other thing they leave on and as the saving gain from turning that off is potentially 100% higher than turning the router off it maybe worth considering - the majority of boxes BT used to supply used about 20 W even on standby

twopenny

Can't be so technical or up to date - I have an old basic router just for the broadband (not fibre) and I used to turn it off overnight (to make me have screen free time before bed) and have had no issue with it reconnecting. Speed isn't important but didn't notice any difference. By the time I'd had breakfast it was up and running.

I haven't tried turning off the digi recorder or tv overnight. They are supposed to update around 1am but the tv is so dire on freeview that updating wouldn't make any difference and the TV doesn't seem to update - it's not very smart

fiddlesticks0

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

Some TV boxes use twice that on standby

possibly they do, but that's not what the op was asking

OP stated that the TV box was the other thing they leave on and as the saving gain from turning that off is potentially 100% higher than turning the router off it maybe worth considering - the majority of boxes BT used to supply used about 20 W even on standby

I found the figures for the TV boxes since posting - 11W for mine when on and just the 0.3W overnight for all of them (on energy saver)
https://www.bt.com/help/tv/power-and-energy-consumption-of-the-bt-tv-boxes

newlywed

We turn the you view box off each night… mildly annoying if you forget there was something you wanted to record.

we leave the router on all the time as bt seem to change our speed and drop the Internet every day or more otherwise.

we have set the lights on the router to go off overnight and set it to block all internet traffic at night… not sure if that makes a huge power difference or not.

mjm3346

fiddlesticks0 said:

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

mjm3346 said:

matelodave said:

if a router consume s10w, then you can run it for 100hrs or 4 days  to use 35p of leccy = 35/4 = 9p/day so turning it of for eight hours will save you around 3p or £11 a year

Some TV boxes use twice that on standby

possibly they do, but that's not what the op was asking

OP stated that the TV box was the other thing they leave on and as the saving gain from turning that off is potentially 100% higher than turning the router off it maybe worth considering - the majority of boxes BT used to supply used about 20 W even on standby

I found the figures for the TV boxes since posting - 11W for mine when on and just the 0.3W overnight for all of them (on energy saver)
https://www.bt.com/help/tv/power-and-energy-consumption-of-the-bt-tv-boxes

That's the newer boxes which are better than the old ones but even with those for normal use standby during the day rather than "deep sleep" at night consumption is still 9.1 or 18.9 W depending on the box