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| Thread ID: 89776 | 2008-05-12 00:09:00 | Electric standby cost. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 668408 | 2008-05-12 13:02:00 | i do, i like to keep everything going until it gives out or takes up space. im not one of those upgrade freaks that goes out and buys the latest hardware as soon as it comes out. heck i even have a 13+ year old toshiba laptop and using it | williamF (115) | ||
| 668409 | 2008-05-12 18:32:00 | Everything else can be turned off but the Hi Fi stays on 24/7 in this house. | wmoore (6009) | ||
| 668410 | 2008-05-12 19:01:00 | Years ago before "standby" was invented there were lots of tv fires. Now there are very few. Also I used to sell PC's in the '80's and found they were FAR more reliable if left on 24/7. There is stress on motherboards heating up and colling down and solder joints tend to crack. Also some components used to gradually work their way loose due to this contracting and expanding. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 668411 | 2008-05-12 20:49:00 | That is all a six of one and a half dozen of the other thing but if everyone turned off there would be a vast power savings throughout the country. I have heard something similar. I understand that if everyone switched off their appliances that were on standby (such as your TV) the power companies might be able to switch off a small power station. And that may be critical at present when they are saying that our lakes are low for this time of the year. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 668412 | 2008-05-12 21:37:00 | So which power company would volunteer to forgo sales? They love shortage and the high spot pricing that gos with it. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 668413 | 2008-05-12 22:08:00 | Years ago before "standby" was invented there were lots of tv fires. Now there are very few. Also I used to sell PC's in the '80's and found they were FAR more reliable if left on 24/7. There is stress on motherboards heating up and colling down and solder joints tend to crack. Also some components used to gradually work their way loose due to this contracting and expanding. I note you can still get TV dinners.! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 668414 | 2008-05-12 23:21:00 | Good idea, turn them all off, and conjointly save a fortune nationally in electricity generation costs - Then enjoy a short period with your savings before the price of electricity gets adjusted upwards so that the power companies can recover the revenue lost by everyone saving on stand-by power |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 668415 | 2008-05-13 05:41:00 | Good idea, turn them all off, and conjointly save a fortune nationally in electricity generation costs - Then enjoy a short period with your savings before the price of electricity gets adjusted upwards so that the power companies can recover the revenue lost by everyone saving on stand-by power It's really satisfying to see that misanthropy, sardonicism and good old fashioned cynicism is still alive and well in this great country of ours!:rolleyes: Well done, Ken.;) |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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