KalleK wrote:

> I checked our washing-machine and it takes 10W when turned off - as off 
> as it could be without unplugging it. So now, theres is an extra switch 
> in the powercable...
> This is 1.68 kWh per week - for nothing. The machine has a display which 
> is switched off in off-mode, and you turn a switch (physically) , which 
> selects the different programs, to off - so you think it should be 
> really off. But there seems to be a powerhungry powersupply generating 
> low Voltage for the microprocessor all the time or something...

Oh, that's cute.

Well, the washing machine registers a flat 0 with the dial turned to 
off. (It's a dial, not just a push button or something. So presumably it 
physically disconnects something somewhere.)

OTOH, my PC still drinks 4W even when "off", so...

> In your table you may need a thin line between the different devices, I 
> first thought the dishwasher takes up to 280W while booting ?!? Or is 
> this wordpress again?

Check the source code. It says <table border="1">. However, the CSS 
seems to think it would be funny to remove the grid lines and vertically 
center all cell contents... (Again, unfortunately there is no way I can 
alter the CSS, much as I long to do so.)

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