Standby shutdown - sense or nonsense?

Imho absolute plaything without a business case, but everyone should be allowed to be happy in their own way.

Like the whole topic of house construction, the business case (if one even needs it) will rarely be given.

I can only repeat that you should measure your standby power consumption in total, or if you prefer, individual devices, and then instead of using your theoretical values, see what is actually being consumed.

from on the go

We have an annual consumption of 2,000 to 2,500 kWh for 3 people including washing machine, refrigerator/freezer, TV, speakers/BluRay/system, PC (no notebook), monitor, ventilation in the bathroom, cooktop and daily cooking, dishwasher, DECT station, printer, coffee machine, toaster, smoothie blender, kettle, heating lamp for changing table,...

The PC sometimes runs 1-2 hours unused without standby/energy saving mode (all disabled). When cooking, the ceramic hob stays on until the food is ready. The lights are also not turned off immediately...

In short, we are wasteful and yet the consumption is perfectly fine in my opinion. Whether I can save 5-10 euros a year on that, I don't care.

You are not interested, then so be it... others, however, are...

I am interested in the calculation regarding profitability and savings potential. And based on the result of this calculation, I am no longer interested in the implementation.

If you could save 30 euros a month now, great, I would be in. But we are rather talking about 50 cents a month...

And it’s not about saving, but about investing, giving up comfort, first recovering the investment costs plus interest, and then eventually starting to save 50 cents a month from 2035 onwards, provided nothing breaks.

The ratios don’t make sense anymore. And then the average German spends 500 euros a month on the car including all costs, and quite a few have two cars in the household. But in the year 2035 wanting to save 50 cents a month in energy costs...

Now you are being unfair and polemic, Grym. If you have nothing more to say, just stop.

from the road