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> Makes me wonder if I should unplug more stuff when on vacation.

What's the margin on unplugging vs just powering off?



That also depends on the country you live.

The EU (and maybe China?) have been regulating standby power consumption, so most of my appliances either have a physical off switch (usually as the only switch) or should have very low standby power draw.

I don't have the equipment to measure this myself.


By "off" you mean, functionally disabled but with whatever auto-update system in the background with all the radios on for "smart home" reasons - or, "off"?




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