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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
I'm going to group some of the tech things in the lounge: TV, DVD HDD, Modulator, antenna amplifiers/splitters and put them on a second power strip that will only be on when I'm actually using them. Probably only amounts to 10Watts in standby but every little helps as they say.
The DVD HDD recorder/player doesn't have any standby lights on it but the on/off buttons are very small so I bet it's not fully off when not active.
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My TV and FreeSat box are on smart plugs so remain off until needed. My TV is quite power hungry even is standby so that saved a few watts. I have stopped using plug in air fresheners. My PC is the single biggest drain not including white goods. With the 2 screens it runs about 120 watts general use and about 300 when gaming. It is my entertainment hub so I am not going to cut back on that although I have thought about using a laptop and one screen for general computing but I just do not want to hahaha
I am prepared to stop paying the TV Licence as I hardly ever watch live tv and could easily just watch on demand but will only do that if things get really bad next year.
This year el gov is pretty much bailing me out but if it continues to rise it could get quiet hairy next year. Still I have lived on beans on toast before so can again hahaha