[Pc_Support] Reducing Electricity Costs

Phil Barnett philb at philb.us
Thu Feb 9 01:41:35 EST 2006


On Wednesday 08 February 2006 16:39, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
> > Is there any long term risk to continuously cycling these devices
> > at the wall with a switch?  Do the caps wear out sooner, or some
> > such?  I don't want to kill my five year old TV before I replace it
> > some day...
>
> I have this newer invention called the "remote control."
> They even have "universal remote controls."
> They remove the requirement to use a switch.
>
> (sorry, couldn't resist ;-)

Remote controls do not turn off Phantom Loads.

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