All Sony Play Station 5's costing £96 per year when switched off?

smjxm09

There is no light at all. As you say, orange light is in rest mode

smjxm09

Ultrasonic said:

I'll just add that I know that when my own PS5 is shut down it definitely doesn't use 32 W.

How do you know.  Did you test it with a meter like I did?   It looks switched off but still draws power.

smjxm09

ariarnia said:

someone earlier gave you a specific link to the reason and how to fix it. if you go into macdonalds and order a 99p burger with extra bacon and cheese then you can't expect it to be 99p. in your settings there are options selected that are using extra power while in rest mode. turn them off and the system uses the 0.3w you are wanting to see. 

You are not listening. The PS5 is not in rest mode it is off. In rest mode it has a yellow light. When it is off it looks off.

Ultrasonic

smjxm09 said:

Ultrasonic said:

I'll just add that I know that when my own PS5 is shut down it definitely doesn't use 32 W.

How do you know.  Did you test it with a meter like I did?   It looks switched off but still draws power.

I know on the basis of power usage as indicated by my smart meter in home display.

Ultrasonic

smjxm09 said:

ariarnia said:

someone earlier gave you a specific link to the reason and how to fix it. if you go into macdonalds and order a 99p burger with extra bacon and cheese then you can't expect it to be 99p. in your settings there are options selected that are using extra power while in rest mode. turn them off and the system uses the 0.3w you are wanting to see. 

You are not listening. The PS5 is not in rest mode it is in standby/off. In rest mode it has a yellow light. When it is off it looks off.

You aren't helping yourself by repeatedly referring to 'standby' when there is no such mode, but it sounds like rest mode for which @ariarnia's comment would be applicable.

ariarnia

smjxm09 said:

ariarnia said:

someone earlier gave you a specific link to the reason and how to fix it. if you go into macdonalds and order a 99p burger with extra bacon and cheese then you can't expect it to be 99p. in your settings there are options selected that are using extra power while in rest mode. turn them off and the system uses the 0.3w you are wanting to see. 

You are not listening. The PS5 is not in rest mode it is in standby/off. In rest mode it has a yellow light. When it is off it looks off.

your not listening. the ps5 doesn't have a 'standby' mode. 

Ultrasonic

I thought I'd have another test of my PS5. My IHD only displays to the nearest Watt, and with little on as I type this it shows an instantaneous electricity usage that keeps flicking between 51 W and 52 W. This is with my PS5 shut down, but switching it off at the socket as well makes no difference to this.

@smjxm09 I don't understand what you're seeing but your thread title is definitely incorrect. Right now I'm wondering if there may be a fault with your power meter. As you say the lack of lights should exclude your console being in rest mode but in that case there's no way it should be using 32 W. 

BeerSavesMoney

smjxm09 said:

ariarnia said:

someone earlier gave you a specific link to the reason and how to fix it. if you go into macdonalds and order a 99p burger with extra bacon and cheese then you can't expect it to be 99p. in your settings there are options selected that are using extra power while in rest mode. turn them off and the system uses the 0.3w you are wanting to see. 

You are not listening. The PS5 is not in rest mode it is in standby/off. In rest mode it has a yellow light. When it is off it looks off.

Please could you verify this by posting a video showing your PS5 in standby with the light on the console indicating this and your energy meter clearly in view and connected to the PS5? 

Then again with the PS5 off and ‘shut down’?

Thanks

lohr500

I am finding the discussion quite interesting as I have a PS5 and leave it in rest mode. I also have an LG TV, Sonos soundbar and Nintendo Wii connected to the same power outlet. The TV, soundbar and Wii are all also in standby mode when not in use.

I plugged in my Tapo P100 monitor to the wall socket a few minutes ago.

I have no controllers on charge through the PS5 USB ports and as far as I am aware there are no software updates or games downloads taking place.

After about a minute, the Tapo App was reporting a consistent current draw of 14 watts across all the devices plugged into that single socket.

I have no idea how accurate the Tapo plug is, but given I have 4 devices on standby and they are drawing a combined 14 watts, then that's a heck of a lot less than the OP's claim for a PS5 alone.

smjxm09

Here is the YouTube video of the PS5 shutting down.  The watt meter on the left is showing whole house power consumption while the meter of the right is showing PS5 mA consumption.  Remember that my next door neighbours PS5 does the same.

https://youtu.be/UE1spMTfbQg