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Originally Posted by rscott74  I accept that energy is being wasted but £15 - £20 hardly represents 8% of an average electricity bill. It's therefore worth switching off but really standby should be removed from most appliances or have we become too lazy to physically switch things on or even forgotten what an on/off switch is for? |
its now illegal in the EU to manufacture products with a "standby" feature.... the reason is that its not just a little light... its the entire control circuit of the appliance that draws power.
see... legislature can sometimes be good same as the RoHS rules...