Leaving things on standby
- 12 November 2011 13:03136366quite an eye opener here, worth a read and taking notes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/experts/article-2057727/How-does-cost-leave-household-appliances-standby.html - 12 November 2011 13:17136370Thats quite an eye-opener Howard, 76 quid for normal common household appliances
Must try to get into the habit of switching these things off more often 
- 12 November 2011 13:55136382One device to turn the power off automatically made it through the Dragon's Den. I wonder if it was one of these...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=diy&field-keywords=EcotekIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 12 November 2011 13:55136383The Old Man insists we turn everything off if we are not using it.......except his stuff!
- 12 November 2011 14:20136389Typical!!!!!!
- 12 November 2011 14:28136392the problem is one of habit i have decided that i will turn everything off when i go to bed tonight, should i actually remember and do so i doubt whether i will think of it again tomorrow night.
- 12 November 2011 14:57136393As there is a device, under the link I give above, that does the job for £4.49 I have bought two. They would have cost about £21 each direct from BG.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 12 November 2011 15:23136394I have long suspected this and do try and turn things off - err except the modem which is on 24/7!
- Jan Higgins
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12 November 2011 17:18136406I have one of those gizmos from npower that tells me how much each appliance is using. The only item I leave on all day is my computer as it takes so long to start up, I have learnt it uses 2p an hour.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 12 November 2011 20:55136466The only electricals I leave on are the essentials, the broadband and the answering machine. I'm constantly turning off the tv's which certain young ladies including their lovely mum constantly leave on
- Brian Dixon
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12 November 2011 22:22136492i leave most things on stand to.