Southern Electric say each mobile phone charger uses 100kWhours a DAY!

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-mLd8uzNhnBZo@rikki.tavi.co.uk>,
rde42@spamcop.net (Bob Eager) wrote:

> > As long as it is plugged into the wall, it is on standby. The
> > on-off
> > switch no longer turn them off.
>
> You're generalising. I have a Philips TV with a fully mecahnical
> on/off switch. Two years old. Off means off. I've measured it.

Likewise my 7 year old Samsung Widescreen, my 2 year old Sony and my
new Alba flatscreen.

We have 6 TV's in a 4 person house. But only 4 of them are conencted
to mains, and 2 have timeswitch control.

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Sam Nelson wrote:
> In article <RJgAh.8571$s47.7351@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>,
> "John" <john.plant510@ntlworld.com> writes:
>> Many manufacturers have been aspiring to the "1 Watt Initiative" for some
>> years.
>>
>> Even my old 28" CRT only uses 0.8w on standby.
>
> Ancient Sony 25" (4:3) CRT here, which when run through a plugin power
> meter, registers absolutely flat 0 on standby. Not a flicker. I guess
> that means 0.something, but considering the newer Panny 29"WS flickers
> from 0W to 1W on standby with the same meter, it must be 0.somethingsmall.
>
That probably only means that your meter has a resolution of 1W, so the
Sony uses <0.5W on standby, and the Panny something close to 0.5W. Check
the power switches. If the switch has a solid click and you can't then
turn on the set with the remote, then off means off. If you can turn the
set on using the remote, it still draws power when off. If you see or
hear a spark when you unplug the set while "off", then it is still
drawing power when "off."
>> The Green Campaigners are out of touch
>
> Duh, yeah.

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:17:59 -0000, "Jonathan"
<digitaltoast@gmail.com> wrote:

>Have a look - how can they get it so wrong by a magnitude of.....???

Because they are cretins.

You can't get that much power out of a 13A socket in a day: it is more
than 13 amps.

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