Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
I never leave anything on stand-by, nor do I leave sockets in the ON position, as you're still using a small amount of electricity which adds to your bill. It may be just a trickle, but every penny counts with electricity use.Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
I have a server running 24 hours a day every day, along with the router it is connected to. It does add to my electricity bill that is for sure . The router isn't really the culprit but the electricity hogging server - full of scsi hard drives and multiple cooling fans and the like .Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
I have had this router I have now (Netgear like this one) for about 6 years and haven't once turned it off.Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
Items left on all the time use their little bit of electricity. It might not be much but multiply that usage by millions because many in the World are all doing the same. Must amount to an unknown but very large number of megawatts. A lot of energy that could perhaps be saved? That's partly why I switch off at the mains where possible. It all helps I suppose.Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
Re: Do you leave your Wireless Router on all the time?
I always turned my router off after use until the piddly little switch failed. Then, being a tv engineer, I bypassed the switch. That was 2 years ago and since then its been permanently on with no noticeable increase in cost.
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