Technical staff: not only not necessary, but also bring the standby consumption.
A set-top boxes in January to spend more than two.
Zicong digital TV installed at home, many people have to develop before going to bed so a habit: watching TV, digital TV remote control readily pressed the red "standby" button, "dth" is heard,glue stick set-top box is in the standby state. However, the lives of people Jiaojiang District Temple Community Hang Li found that, although the standby, but there is a small set-top box red dot on the screen, still twinkling, "blinking" - she can not help but had doubts: Standby, does it really mean cut off the power out?
Set-top box will power standby.
Taizhou Radio and Television Centre for the city network transmission of digital television installation and maintenance work. Yesterday, the problem with Miss Lee, the reporter found the staff of the Centre of Engineering Guo Jianbo.
"As long as the red dot on the screen in flashing, set-top box or in a standby mode to indicate that is not completely cut off the power." Guo Jianbo told reporters.
glue gun Guo Jianbo told reporters that the standby power consumption of set-top box is generally about 8 watts, although power consumption is minimal, "but many families more than one, if 24 hours standby, one month must register is sort of a small number."
That in the end how much electricity do you use set-top box stand it, we listed a formula: standby power consumption of standby time per day × days × × standby units = more electricity tariffs, according to what month of 30 days, one day standby 20 hours, 0.538 yuan per kilowatt basis, one month more than a set-top box power consumption is 0.008 × 20 × 30 × 0.538 = 2.5824 yuan.
24 hours standby is not necessary.
There are people that set-top boxes only in the 24-hour standby state to receive data updates in a timely manner, then there is this really the case?
Guo Jianbo told reporters that this is a misunderstanding, "Digital television data update upgrade is completed in the switchboard terminal, home users do not need to stand for this for a long time."
"However, for some elderly people, we recommend 24 hours a day, so as not to re-set the set-top box boot time, no TV signal, but to do well the work of set-top cooling." Guo Jianbo said.
Standby power consumption is widespread.
"A TV, computer standby power consumption is minimal, but if the number of appliances with the 'standby overnight', over many years down the power consumption will be very substantial."
Institute of Electrical Automation Technology Taizhou Jizhu Ren Xu Feng told the reporter, even in remote off button pressed down, as long as power is not cut off the part of the electrical or electronic components work, consuming electricity. The standby power consumption of different appliances are also different.
Some people doubt that the TV screen size is larger, the greater the standby power consumption of it? Director Xu said that this is a misunderstanding, "electrical power determines the size of the amount of standby power consumption."
The air conditioning did not like the power switch, just did not pull the plug, also have a power consumption. After searching the internet reporter, also found many safety problems caused by the case of standby, especially in the summer thunderstorms, as standby power is still in working condition, caused by electrical appliances have been struck by lightning is not uncommon.
"We need to do nothing more than electrical appliances when not in use, turn off and unplug the plug, so simple!" Director Xu said.