Avoid being on Standby

If you turn off an electrical device that uses standby you could save a small fortune! Some of the large modern flat screen televisions can use in excess of 300watts ON STANDBY!

Go and look at the power cord on your new television - it's a great big thick one compared with 20 years ago... I wonder why?

This almost represents half the cost of running an electric kettle continuously - would you keep an electric kettle running all the time 24 hrs/day? That is what you are doing every other day by leaving one of the large modern flatscreen TVs on standby.

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