ParkingLotLust said:Also, my parents are planning on running the next house they build off-the-grid, so another reason for wanting to do this is to see how much it costs, and how it performs.
blueroomelectronics said:Let your PC enter standby, and shut off your stereo when you dont need it.
ParkingLotLust said:As for the computer, its on for two reasons; I run an irc/http/ftp server, and it acts as the WiFi AP in our house. The stereo Im getting better and better at turning off when I leave, but I prefer 5.1 surround sound when Im watching movies and tv shows, vs headphones.
justDIY said:I remember reading something on the BBC months ago that the EU wanted a ban on all gizmos not having a hard wired power switch. That is a LOT of gizmos!
The BBC has a TV programme called "The Dragon's Den" where entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to rich tycoons in the hope they will invest in them. Someone had developed an ingenious product that allows appliances to draw no power in stand-by mode. The idea is that the remote control receiver is powered from a battery which is only charged when the device is being used, when it's in stand-by mode the remote reciever operates from the batterty. The device comes in two forms: an add on unit that fits in between the TV's power plug and which learns the remote control codes and turns it on and off accordingly and a unit that can be integrated into new appliances.justDIY said:how is Europe coming along with its ban on "standby" power devices? I remember reading something on the BBC months ago that the EU wanted a ban on all gizmos not having a hard wired power switch. That is a LOT of gizmos!
And how does this save total power?The idea is that the remote control receiver is powered from a battery which is only charged when the device is being used, when it's in stand-by mode the remote reciever operates from the batterty.
Hero999 said:The BBC has a TV programme called "The Dragon's Den" where entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to rich tycoons in the hope they will invest in them. Someone had developed an ingenious product that allows appliances to draw no power in stand-by mode. The idea is that the remote control receiver is powered from a battery which is only charged when the device is being used, when it's in stand-by mode the remote reciever operates from the batterty. The device comes in two forms: an add on unit that fits in between the TV's power plug and which learns the remote control codes and turns it on and off accordingly and a unit that can be integrated into new appliances.
I agree that this is a good idea but the bad news is that it uses batteries (which isn't very environmentally friendly) and new TVs fitted with it will cost more as they have the pattent rights to it (this won't be a problem unless they're greedy). I can think of many alternative solutions like powering the remote control reciever from a very small power supply that doesn't draw much power or operating the reciever from a solar panel.
I think the idea of banning standby mode totally is stupid, I would prefer it if they introduced guidelines to tell the manufacturers that a device running in standby mode shall consume no more than 1VA which should be more than enough for a transformerless power supply powering a microcontroller and remote control receiver controlling a TRIAC.
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