There is a rather worrying list of stuff that you can’t turn off, because there is no OFF switch.
We all know about standby status on TVs, where the wee red light glows, but when you arise from your sofa you can go and turn the TV off (as you should). Videos and DVD players have standby modes – well, something runs the clocks on these, so these don’t go off completely.
Freeview boxes cannot be turned off, likewise Modem Routers. And I wonder how many phone charger (and other) transformers are left plugged in and turned on (guilty on that one).
OK, standby modes don’t use a lot of energy, but add it all up, and it gets a bit worrying. Most of the problems could be sorted by a simple change of design …………. and a change in behaviour.
Most plug sockets have switches on them 😉
Too true! And perhaps the solution is to turn off the “TV stack of things”, as well as the “computer stack of things”.
But if my “TV stack of things” is typical, I have 5 things to get plugged in: aerial amplifier, TV, Freeview, Video and DVD. I have a short extension lead (no switches), and have this neatly hidden under a chest – it still looks like spaghetti city though. The wall socket is behind an armchair! So it can be done, but it is not easy. It could be made easier.