[slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

Hi there, my wife is having a hard-core environmental drive and is going round constantly unplugging devices on standby. Much as I agree this is necessary, it is quite annoying to have to plug in my squeezebox to listen to music. Anyone have a good idea how many watts it is using on standby? Woul

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

Is this a standard squeezebox 3? If so have a look at - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43550&referrerid=11301 Which gives some calculations I did on the Squeezebox and Audioengine spakers -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

amorphia;276093 Wrote: > Hi there, > > my wife is having a hard-core environmental drive and is going round > constantly unplugging devices on standby. Much as I agree this is > necessary, it is quite annoying to have to plug in my squeezebox to > listen to music. Anyone have a good idea how man

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

I highly recommend picking up a watts-up, or kill-a-watt meter to test power draw. The SB3 really doesn't have a standby mode, it just has an "off" mode that changes what is on the screen. With brightness set to 0, I think it uses 3-4 watts when "off" The linked thread is also good. -- Super

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

The wall-wart power supply will draw power on its own, even if the SB is turned off. Best bet is to connect it to a power strip and use that to turn it and what it might be connected to off. I recently got a kill-a-watt to figure out why our electric bill has gone so high recently. If I remembe

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

Tell her that Algore is wrong and Global Cooling is upon us. We will need to run all of our appliances to warm the atmosphere. wwwicecapus -- NFLnut NFLnut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1318

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

maggior;276201 Wrote: > I recently got a kill-a-watt to figure out why our electric bill has > gone so high recently. If I remember correctly, the SB3 that I have > drew ~5W when "off". When I measured with my Kill-a-watt it read 4 watts while 'off'. I'm not sure how accurate or precise the kil

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

Thanks all! So about a tenth of a low wattage light bulb. Not much but it all adds up. (I am absolutely not a patriot but) I have never understood why other contries, like the one I currently live in, don't follow the UK's fine example of having off switches as standard next to wall sockets. Then

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

amorphia;276310 Wrote: > (I am absolutely not a patriot but) I have never understood why other > contries, like the one I currently live in, don't follow the UK's fine > example of having off switches as standard next to wall sockets. Then I > wouldn't need to get a strip with an off button, whic

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

Strangely, I've started changing some of my sockets to switchless. The joys of having a toddler who's obsessed with switches, just like his dad! I've tried to save energy in other ways; more insulation in the house, energy saving bulbs, turn the thermostat down etc. In my experience frequent on/

Re: [slim] How much power does the squeezebox draw while on standby

I use electronic timers to switch stuff off. You can set them up to give different times at the weekend. The timers themselves draw a little current but judging from how cool they feel it's probably a miniscule amount. I have a power meter in my lounge and it's kind of cool to leave for work in t