I decided to monitor the power consumption of the TV in the lounge since it's the biggest electrical device in the whole house (50" LCD read projection so it must use a lot)
To my surprise however, it used about 5% of the total power in the house (7% including the Sky digital reader - 8.5% including the PS2 when it's on)
My best guess at this time is that since it's the newest TV we have that it was built with power saving in mind and also that most of the power being used must be from other small things that we seem to use allot (my sister for example who uses all the lights in the bathroom, the hair straightener, hair dryer and has her stereo on full as well as her TV at the same time) Unfortunately I cannot monitor anything upstairs since I can't seem to get up there without getting my ear blown off but from the readout I figured out (kind of) from the main power supply in the house, most of the power used is used in the top 2 levels of the house (which means that I use less power than everyone, somehow I feel rather proud of that fact)
To my surprise however, it used about 5% of the total power in the house (7% including the Sky digital reader - 8.5% including the PS2 when it's on)
My best guess at this time is that since it's the newest TV we have that it was built with power saving in mind and also that most of the power being used must be from other small things that we seem to use allot (my sister for example who uses all the lights in the bathroom, the hair straightener, hair dryer and has her stereo on full as well as her TV at the same time) Unfortunately I cannot monitor anything upstairs since I can't seem to get up there without getting my ear blown off but from the readout I figured out (kind of) from the main power supply in the house, most of the power used is used in the top 2 levels of the house (which means that I use less power than everyone, somehow I feel rather proud of that fact)
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