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Idle power consumption getting more concerning

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
September 29, 2022
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With the rising energy prices Sonos idle (standby) power consumption is getting more and more costly. With 3 Amp’s and a Play 5 I’m at 22,5 Watts or 197 kWh a year. At the October 2022 energy price in Holland this accounts to about € 149/Year or about € 12/Month. I'm seriously considering switching to Bluesound who seem to be able to build devices with seriously less idle power consumption. Please Sonos, figure out a way to solve this long standing issue.

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106rallye

These are all future (maybe even proposed) measures. I do hope they are technically feasible and do not interfere with my choices - the EU does seem want to limit peoples choices to get their agenda through. These measures might lead to the abolishment of larger TV’s screens for instance, because the limits for TV’s seem to be set with 2012 TV sizes in mind.

These measures do not say anything about existing devices. What does Bluesound state about the energy consumption of their devices?

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Gert_4

Prominent Collaborator I

A link to a thread on the Bluesound Forum, about how they have implemented power saving.

https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/8944828786967-Powersaving-not-working

And about the Vacation Mode Standby.

https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/201823263-How-do-I-Turn-Off-My-Bluesound-Player-

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KiPe

Trending Lyricist II

These are all future (maybe even proposed) measures. I do hope they are technically feasible and do not interfere with my choices - the EU does seem want to limit peoples choices to get their agenda through. These measures might lead to the abolishment of larger TV’s screens for instance, because the limits for TV’s seem to be set with 2012 TV sizes in mind.

These measures do not say anything about existing devices. What does Bluesound state about the energy consumption of their devices?

Sounds like FUD, sorry. Nothing will be abolished and (your) world will not come to an end …just because state of the art powersaving mechanisms become mandatory to implement.

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Kumar

As an Indian it is good to see that what Indians in India use for generating electricity has now become a first world problem😋. Not that there is any viable solution being offered.

The Chinese would agree, one of the few things they would do so with Indians.

End of digression.

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