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Most electrical appliances use the same amount of electricity on stand-by as when they are on.
The average TV is left on standby for 17.5 hours a day, and secondary TVs average at 21.5 hours per day.
This means that over the course of a year every household, with 2 TVs, will waste a whopping 35 KWh/ year - that's the same amount of energy a car uses to drive 25 miles!
According to the Energy Saving Trust, over the course of a year, a video recorder on standby uses 85% as much energy as it uses playing a tape.
If everyone in the UK turned off their TV overnight it would save more than £66 million worth of electricity each year, which would floodlight 250,000 Premiership football matches.
Not only will turning off your appliances help to save you money and reduce energy waste, it also helps to safeguard your home or office. Turning off at the mains can help reduce the risk of electrical fires.
|For more information, please visit the Energy Saving Trust website
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