Incredible! The washing machine consumes electricity even when it is off. It is a two year old A+ washing machine. Turned off at the dial, I had assumed it uses no electricity; especially as there are no standby lights or anything. This is not the case. When I switched the machine off at the wall it saved 26 watts. That represents a saving to me of almost £30 per year. I have now saved a total of £276.47 per year of standby power – always-on equipment – since starting this exercise on 19 January.
My standby equipment consumes only 73 watts or 1.75 kilowatt hours per day now which is 227 watts less than when I started looking into this.
My standby equipment consumes only 73 watts or 1.75 kilowatt hours per day now which is 227 watts less than when I started looking into this.
See also the 26 January 2011 Everything's gone green* entry of this blog.
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