pippin;693744 Wrote: > EU directives can't be directly enforced. They are only valid against > governments who have to make local law out of them which in turn can > vary to a great extend depending on the interpretation of the > directive. > > In this case, even the directive does NOT force or even encourage > citizens to do anything, the directive goes against equipment > manufacturers who have to make sure their stuff doesn't consume too > much power in standby. There is no European directive forcing anybody > to turn anything off at night.
You are right (in principle) but the directives do have a lot of strength. For instance, for how much longer do you think domestic filament lamps will be in the shops. No, there is no enforcement to shut down equipment rather than leave it in stand-by but there have been TV campaigns all over Europe reminding people to switch off and the electricity and gas companies are obliged to show you ways of reducing your consumption. -- TopGeek Licenced radio amateur. Electronics/IT engineer. Translator of Dutch and French to English. Received SBR as a Christmas present 2011. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TopGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93914 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
