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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Energy experts claim those consumers who use a cable or satellite box are paying a large amount of money to electric companies to power the small device.
Laurie Parker is a spokesperson for the Nashville Electric Service. She told Nashville's News 2 the cost of powering a cable or satellite box can dramatically increase a customer's bill.
yeah, but if you use the power strip to totally shut the whole thing off, the next time you turn them on, they take about 20 minutes to re boot up, and sometime we had to call cable to have them re set everything...so much for energy conservation, I just leave the freaking things on.
I don't worry about our satellite box and we are off grid. There are many other things that are bigger..much bigger electric hogs than my satellite dish.
Maybe they should start concentrating on the "Christmas tree" effect in everyone;s house at night. Why do we need a clock built into everything?
Bull. I just looked up the specs of the different cable boxes in my home. The most advanced, an HD DVR, uses only 26 watts.
26(watts)*8,760(hours in year) = 227,760 watt hours
Divide by 1000 to get kilowatt hours:
227,760 / 1000 = 227kWh
Multiply the kilowatt hours by your electric rate, if it's 10 cents/kWh:
227* .10 = $22.76 yearly.
It's not a lot but add up all the other devices pulling that amount like your TV, DVD player, printers etc. and you end up with a months worth of electric you're wasting.
My converter is not on 24x7, maybe 4x7 is more like it....
Doesn't have to be "on", just plugged in.
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