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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
We leave most of the things in standby except the SH1. That's left fully on and the VHD box displaying time as letting that go to sleep usually means it has to be power cycled to get it to wake up. The amount of power consumed over a day is very low when compared to using an electric oven or similar for just a few minutes. The TV can also get it's software updates that way without impacting viewing time.
Incidentally it's all plugged into a 4way extension lead with 3 multiway adaptors. Quite safe as the over all power even with everything going is under 200W. The lead is rated for 3000W.
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I know some people who unplug their WiFi before going to bed to save electricity. I don't bother as I often can't sleep due to various problems, so tend to surf the internet during the night. Also (no idea if it's true or not) it's been said that doing this can lead to your ISP slowing down your connection.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2422615
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Originally Posted by nodrogd
As Taf has already said, many houses only had switched sockets in the kitchen years ago, so the only way to disconnect the set from the mains was to pull the plug.
As for the high pitched whistle, it was nothing to do with waking you up. The "pilot tone" was actually a switching signal instructing the transmitters to turn on or off, as most transmitter sites operated unattended.
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Not heard of that before, AIUI the transmitters automatically switched themselves off after a period of not receiving a signal to broadcast.
Sometimes BBC1 had to stay on air with a tone until all the nation's had finished broadcasting to enable them to opt back into the sustaining feed ready for the following morning!
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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J
Doesn't switching it off at the wall have the same affect as unplugging it? That's why I voted for unplug, even though we don't, we just switch off at the socket.
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Never thought of that! I agree, for the purposes of the poll, that switching the socket off can be considered as unplugging the TV.
I've come across some people who switch things off
and unplug appliances! Not sure if this makes things any safer or not.