Got an 5V 12A transformer from BTF lightning connected to a D1 mini and 5m WS2812B. This setup consumes 5W when all leds are off.
This is quite a lot compared to what new appliances typically use when idle. I suspect it's actually the transformer itself that uses much of the energy.
Any tips on how to optimize this?
I think this may be quite a topic which can have more than one answer depending on the country, type of main sockets is being used as well as what are being plugged into the main switches in the house.
This question is something im curious about and i went to wikipedia (yes i know not to always trust it but since it has actual links to articles i think its valid) to find some sources as to where this came from and found that quite a lot of the main articles cited are mostly dead links? i dont understand if this means that they are rejecting that the "Electrical standby power" is not true or something else?
so this made it hard to understand how and why there is this Standby power usage. and the origins and study conducted that came to a conclusion that this is an actual phenomenon. so if lets say i have an extension plug that i have plugged into the main switch in one of my room, this switch is always on but the peripherals that are connected to the extension plug are all turned off. does this mean it will consume electricity?
im curious if this is something someone genuinely conducted an experiment/study on and concluded this somewhere. Maybe i had skimmed through something important but i hope someone can enlighten me.
Edit/update: reading the comments i think i get some better understanding, i appreciate the help and feedback. However, maybe my phrasing of the question was not really good. So let me rephrase it. If i had an extension switch (those 5 meter extension with like 4-5 sockets, with individual on and off switch on each sockets) plugged into the mains, then i had like all sockets plugged in, lets say a pc set up. I have my mains turned on, but all the extension plug switches are turned off. Will this draw electricity?
Okay so I bought this TV at the beginning of October, and only just today it’s started to do this thing where when I have it in standby mode it keeps power cycling?
I’m not 100% sure that’s actually what’s happening but if you look at the small google speaker at the bottom of the tv where the white light the light itself keeps turning on and off for several seconds at a time. This is doubly annoying because I have a set of speakers plugged in through the “headphone out” Jack that keep making the little clicking noises that you get when you pull the plug in and out.
I hadn’t changed any settings and it’s been in my house for a month with no issues. I’ve tried checking for firmware updates, I’ve tried changing all kinds of audio settings on the tv. I’ve tried plugging the TV into a different outlet. Nothing fixes it other than turning down the speakers when it’s off or turning off the standby option altogether so that the tv powers down fully every time but both of these options are a huge pain in the ass. Besides that doesn’t actually fix whatever this problem is and I’m concerned something is faulty.
So I bought one of those “extender” type thingies that calculate the power consumed of the plugged in item. So when I turn the TV off, it appears to be drawing less than 0.1W (which is great!) but at random times it suddenly ramps up to 17-20W for a few seconds or even up to a minute! While in the long term it still doesn’t consume as much power as I thought, I still find it incredibly annoying as it activates my USB antenna amplifier which has a really bright blue LED at night. The screen itself doesn’t turn on and you can’t hear the power relay “clicker” snap, which makes me question why is it there in the first place if it allows the TV to consume quite a bit of power? The only other device that consumes that much in standby is my old vintage stereo system, but that one was made in 1998 so I am not sure how can Sony screw this up on a 2020 model???
I only have my PC hooked up to it at HDMI port 4. I am running the last Android 9 version because I do not want all the problems that Sony introduced with their VRR update.
Can anyone give any help or directions on how to stop these spasmic power draws? Thanks.
Hi all. I've recently been doing investigations around the house to see how I'm using 2kW of electricity between midnight and 7am when I get up. I've discovered that my amp is using 90W of energy while it's in standby! Any idea why this is? It seem extremely high.
Pretty frustrated with Hisense and Best Buy. My 65 inch, H8G has had plenty of issues freezing on certain apps like Netflix. Plugging ang unplugging works sometimes, or uninstalling and then reinstalling apps sometimes works. Then it wouldn't turn on unless I unplugged and replugged the set. Now, no power at all. When I plug in the TV, the standby light flickers for a split second, and then nothing.
Best Buy told me when I purchased that I had a 3 year manufacturers warranty for 65 inch tvs, so I wouldn't needed extra coverage. I'm 15-16 months in and Hisense is telling me that I'm not covered. They wouldn't even give me the name of a technician that would be able to help, or offer any troubleshooting.
Has anyone else had this issue? Could use some advice.
