Standby shutdown - sense or nonsense?

The actual consumption varies greatly and often deviates from the manufacturer's specifications. It's like the stated fuel consumption values of cars. No one achieves what is in the manual under normal operation... however, the values are possible under laboratory conditions.

In my specific case, it would roughly mean that with an average consumption of 1 watt in standby mode and a shutdown of 16 hours a day, a reduced consumption of about 250 euros over 10 years is achieved. With an additional cost of about 150 euros for the option to shut down without comfort loss.

Thus, I "save" a pure 10 euros per year mathematically.

So I think it's good like that...

And if I were to measure again, I would certainly get much higher numbers... just as Saruss has already described... the manufacturer's specifications are indeed laboratory values.

50 cents per month as calculated above. 5-10 euros per year.

mycraft's invoice assumes about 17 devices that are switched on and draw standby power of 1 watt. I don't even have close to 17 devices drawing standby power here. More like half that number. Of those, very few are older than 5-7 years, meaning they all fall under the EU regulation max. 1W in standby.

Well, everyone has to decide for themselves. I'm more aligned with grym's values than with saruss and mycraft.

Instead of theorizing, just measure your devices. I get 17 watts of standby power with significantly fewer devices than the 17 pieces here.

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