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There’s a certain kind of energy advice that just won’t die. You’ve probably heard it:<\/p>\n

Switch off appliances at the wall. Phantom loads are stealing your electricity!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That made sense twenty years ago. Back when power bricks got properly hot. Back when standby meant drawing tens of watts. These days? Not so much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Take my\u00a02023 LG C3 OLED<\/a>. Beautiful TV. Pulls 115W when its on. But in standby? 0.5 watts. Over 8 hours overnight, that’s 4 watt-hours. At 30 cents per kilowatt-hour, we’re talking 0.1 cents. One-tenth of a cent. Even over a full year, that’s $0.36. Less than a\u00a0Chupa Chups<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Routers and NBN modems? Let’s be generous. Together they might draw 20 Watts when idle. That’s 160 watt-hours overnight. About 5 cents per night. A bargain for always-on internet, smart home updates, and iCloud backups while you sleep.<\/p>\n

And yet, earnest advice-givers will still insist you flick every switch. Every night. And again every morning.<\/p>\n

Save Your Attention For What’s Important<\/h2>\n

Here’s the problem: all that mental energy spent switching off things that barely matter leaves less bandwidth for decisions that do.<\/p>\n

Last night, I got fed up trying to set a delayed start on my new Bosch dishwasher. I had to work out how many hours until off-peak kicks in at 1 am. So I grabbed my phone, opened the Home Connect app, and two minutes later it was configured for a set start time instead of a fixed delay. Now I just press one button after dinner, and it waits quietly until off-peak. I’m not sure I’d have had the idea if I was busy switching every appliance in the kitchen off at the socket.<\/p>\n

It’s the 80-20 rule on steroids. Most homes burn 80% of their energy on way less than 20% of their appliances: hot water, anything that heats, cools or dries, EVs. That’s worth your attention. But your router? Please.<\/p>\n

I get it, flicking a switch feels proactive. But the real wins now come from systems thinking, not socket flipping.<\/p>\n

Electronics Are Now Designed To Run Continuously<\/h2>\n

And then there are the unintended consequences. Cycling power 730 times a year doesn’t do your gear any favours. Modern electronics are designed to run continuously. Power-cycling stresses components, especially capacitors1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Look, I’m a progressive. Always have been. But one of the traps we fall into is sweating over virtuous small stuff while missing the big picture. And sure, switching something off costs nothing. A new heat pump or solar system costs thousands.<\/p>\n

But your time, attention, and patience are finite resources too.<\/p>\n

Spend them wisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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