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Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

Jandyt — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:24:42 GMT

Damn!
I thought I got away with it!
And I even managed to stop myself telling the joke about the Shetland crofter and the Texan rancher!

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

camshaft — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:06:25 GMT

Shot down Andy? On the contrary I heard there are plans to incorporate that statement into our pledge of allegience.

Austin

Re: Power Off or Standby

stotty1111 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:43:33 GMT

Following an earlier comment Joeybo..... re environmentally friend laight bulbs - I recall the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) recently calling for the production of unfriendly light bulbs to continue as there have been an increase in accidents in the homes of partially sighted people occuring possibly in the warm up period or just as a result of lower light output - if these accidents could be fatal the longterm saving for the health service would be a bonus??????

Sorry for the 'sick' joke but possibly food for thought!

Tony

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

tournedos — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:16:26 GMT

Puncher:

A thought occured to me - does it follow that all the folk who unplug also drive small frugal cars?

Like my 1962 Cadillac and the 1988 Volvo STW?

Re: Power Off or Standby - Speed Limits

ajames — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:06:10 GMT

I went through my flat last night and found there were 11 items running permanently that didn't need too and 13 lights that are on in rooms I'm not using - have re-wired them so that they're not on when not being used and will be switching off lights when I don't need them. I used one of those computer socket things for the TV so that when it's in standby the DVD, lintronic, iPod dock, converter thing for sky Dobly Digital and power for scart extender are all switched off. Will wait and see if it makes any difference, but at least I feel like I've done something. Won't be switching of my B&O stuff though.

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

Puncher — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:05:04 GMT

burantek:

Xseries:

I could not work the reason why the first night - but after driving along unfenced roads you realise that the reflectors are cattle's eyes not cat' eyes!!!

having struck a deer on 2 wheels... i feel the pain!

Amazing! - the deer in the UK can't ride bikes

Re: Power Off or Standby - Speed Limits

soundchoice70 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:47:06 GMT

Hi Brian,

I made the conscience decision to leave my B&O equipment on standby, a BS3000 and BM6000. Concern about the value of these items and shortening their life span is the main reason... however just like you, I still don't 'really' know if this is the correct thing to do or not.

All other non essentials are off at the wall socket, including the power boards they may be connected to, TV, DVD, Cable, oven, microwave, cooktop (I have remote wall switches for these which is common practice here in singapore), washer, dryer, toaster, kettle, computer, router printer etc etc..

This has now simply become a routine, after cooking dinner for instance I turn all the switches off before serving, and after watching TV in the living room at night I switch it all off before going up to bed. So when we are asleep or at work everything is off. When we are at home during weekends, things are left usually on standby.

I really think that these simple small measures help our world, and leave a little extra in my pocket!

Laurence.

Re: Power Off or Standby - Speed Limits

Xseries — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:27:47 GMT

Montana and Nevada had no speed limits at all pre the oil crisis in 1974. (Montanna had no speed limit again for most of the 90s - safe and reasonable was generally felt to be under about 110mph.) Most other US States had a limit of up to 75 mph or more. A blanket speed limit was introduced at 55 mph as an attempt to conserve oil during the mid 70s OPEC hike following the Arab Israeli conflict. The 55mph limit has gradually been repealed.

Brian

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

Jandyt — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:17:57 GMT

I will probably get shot down for this John, but in America, bigger is better.

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

j0hnbarker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:29:52 GMT

Brian - all I can add to this is that the classic European GT car was built to traverse Europe on motorways that always had no speed limit! In these cases I can see why a big engine turning at relatively low revs is appealing, but in the US the major routes can be straights for endless miles yet have a restrictive speed limit and always have. Such is the inherent contradiction in the US desire for huge CC.

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

burantek — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:27:40 GMT

Xseries:

I could not work the reason why the first night - but after driving along unfenced roads you realise that the reflectors are cattle's eyes not cat' eyes!!!

having struck a deer on 2 wheels... i feel the pain!

w/ regards to standby and some later posts since my first... i standby (pun intended) my comments.

if it won't be used for 2+ weeks -it is off. i feel a very important point made was thermal variance from constant cycling. i believe very strongly in this. if the item is used frequently, then leave it in standby! it will die (from experience) from the cycling sooner than later.

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

Xseries — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:22:27 GMT

Off thread - you need a bigger engine to move a larger car - or a smaller one faster! The US speed limit varies from state to state and can be as high as 75 mph in some areas. Back in 1996 the limit in Montana was described on signs as "Safe and Reasonable". At night it fell to about 70mph (I think). I could not work the reason why the first night - but after driving along unfenced roads you realise that the reflectors are cattle's eyes not cat' eyes!!!

Sadly after reading all this thread I am no wiser about what to do with equipment that was built for remote operation but before we worried so about electrical consumption (ie the last 5 years), Should I switch off the BM5500 to save the machine overheating and wearing out prematurley or not???

Brian

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

j0hnbarker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:02:07 GMT

Austin - the shame is that it has ever been thus in Europe. Most of our cars have never had engine sizes over 2000cc. I've owned a couple of bigger engined classic cars (3500cc MG BGT V8 and a 2500cc Triumph TR6) and these cars were older than me and were considered big engines back in the day! Back in the early 70s the oil crisis did for manufacturers such as Jensen, who used big block Chrysler V8s. A capacity of 6900/7200cc was recognised as being far in excess of what is required (particularly when the speed limit is 55mph - why do you guys need all this capacity?) 35 years ago over here!!!

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

camshaft — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:49:33 GMT

Puncher have you been to the US? Every car in Europe is small, frugal, and efficient compared to the mammoth soccer-mom SUV's littering our roads over here. Grant it they all disappear when gas hits $3 a gallon, but now that gas is less than $2 a gallon again they've all reappeared. If I recall gas by you is over $8 a gallon, no?

Austin

Re: Power Off or Standby - A Solution?

joostdeclercq — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:57:12 GMT

Yes sir,

We unplug and drive one of these: Twike