Question for you technophobes out there. If a phone/ipad charger is plugged in and turned on but not attached to the item is it still drawing any current.
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Yes I understand tvs etc use power on standby, it was just the chargers I was concerned about.All items left on standby ( that is iphone/laptop/ipads ) chargers and even TV / Radio / Microwave ovens and computers draw power on standby. This may not seem much in the short term, however over a month or year can be a much as 150 quid in the average household ( don't quote me ). Standby on a TV is the worst and leaving chargers plugged in comes second followed by computers, which many people leave connected, but switched on!!!!
It's all wasted money burning away........
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A modern TV should only cost around 16-20p/year if left on stand-by, phone chargers and the like use a miniscule amount, but nonetheless use some power. I am guilty of leaving my computer on all the time we are at home, cost, around £80/year.
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The amount of electricity that a New/Modern television uses on standby is at least 3 watts per hour. Therefore, if it is on standby for 8 hours, the amount of electricity that will be consumed is 24 watts.
Depending on how much you pay for electricity, it means that if you have 2 x TVs are left on standby then it would cost about £15-20 a year...........
Standby power... How many people have bought a TV new in 2013 and checked the watts in standby!!!!!!!!
Not sure about those figures. Firstly my 3 year old 40" Sony LCD TV draws 0.19W on standby,according to the manual. And secondly 2TVs x 3W x 8hrs x 365days = 17,520Wh = 17.5KWh. By my reckoning that will cost about £2.40 at the rate I pay EDF for electricity.