Quote Originally Posted by Stratmangler View Post
With the central heating boiler, washing machine, microwave, fridge/freezer, TV, BDP etc the tally goes up even higher on the SMPS count.
That's how all pervasive the problem is.
Got a gas boiler (and central heating, plus wood burner), washing machine is only plugged in and used at night when we're in bed, and the microwave is very rarely on. The only thing that stays on 24/7 is the fridge freezer, for obvious reasons.

In truth, we don't have that much SMPS shit going on, because we're not 'tech freaks'. We even use the batteries on our laptops, and put them on charge overnight (similarly with mobile phones), so they don't inject any crap either when we're around, and there are no other computers in the house.

If I could, I'd have the TV and Virgin V6 box powered by a linear PSU!

Marco.