Lynn,

That was a guess and probably way too high. I have 3-year old 46-inch LED flat-screen. But also a home theater receiver rated to 125w audio and two DVD drives, a VCR and satellite receiver. So all the remote control power supplies do add up - to what? I do not know - haven't measured the total load.

But since the TV is on from 5pm-10pm and off the rest of the day it seems there would be some savings by disconnecting the ac power. We have a six outlet strip which makes that simple. It does reduce fire hazard.

On the other hand I keep my Astron station 12v supply on full time which supplies the OCXO, so I do not have any delay waiting for it to stabilize. I have my ham gear on more frequently than the TV.

We make a pot of coffee (fresh ground) in the morning and turn-off the maker after it finishes. Coffee pot draws quite big load keeping water and coffee pot hot. And that only ruins the coffee. We just reheat a cup in the microwave when we want hot coffee. Do we save any power this way?? But the coffee tastes better :-)

73, Ed

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On 10/14/2014 2:47 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> Leave your TV plugged in but turned off and it still consumes about 50w.
You need to buy a new TV.  The new ones are under a half-watt when
plugged in but turned off.


73, Ed - KL7UW
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