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I have one of those devices that you place near to a main power cable input (by the meter)to monitor the amount of power that is being consumed. Mine is displayed as a 5 figure digital readout. (max 999.99) These don't correspond to the watts being used but just indicate a level as to how they are being consumed
It shows a huge jump when I switch on the kettle or cooker or dishwasher on, and a smaller one when using the tele. I tried it with nothing else on apart from the tele and fridge and the freezer. then shut them off, and the tele onto standby, where the readout went from about 29 down to .7. I then turned the tele off completely completely and the reading only went down a further .3.
I wondered why the figures didn't go to zero then remembered the computer was still on, but on standby. By this I take to mean that the story that leaving a television on standby consumes almost as much as having it on and working is a bit of an urban myth.
So what are the readings using just the TV? Have you took a reading with the TV on then a reading with the TV on standby (with nothing else plugged in)? I have been toying with the idea of getting one of these devices just to see how much each household device uses.
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