How It Works

Many domestic electrical appliances have a standby feature: for most appliances, standby is simply a matter of convenience, from standby the appliance can be switched on by remote control. In the standby state appliances may still be drawing significant levels of power incurring cost and wasting energy. This unnecessary electrical consumption could be reduced by unplugging the appliances when not in use. This can be inconvenient with wires and plugs often tucked away out of sight, making access difficult.

Easy to use

Standby Buster addresses these issues. The product consists of two parts; an electrical socket/plug and a remote control. The Standby Buster socket is plugged into any normal electrical outlet and can be switched on and off with the remote.

Take a typical setup where a TV, DVD, digital set-top box and a video recorder are plugged into a four-way block that is in turn plugged into the electrical outlet in the wall. Simply unplug the four-way block from the wall, plug the Standby Buster socket into the wall outlet then plug the four-way block into the Standby Buster socket. You can now switch off the power to all the appliances completely using the Standby Buster remote.

Save £40 a year*

The primary consumer of electricity while on standby in a home tends to be audio and video entertainment equipment; TVs, DVDs, digital TV receivers and video recorders. Typically, over the course of a year, the standby usage of a TV, DVD player, digital TV receiver etc. would cost circa £40*. Many homes, of course, have more than one TV. Other appliances including; computers, computer monitors, mobile phone chargers, broadband routers and hi-fis also contribute to unnecessary energy consumption.

* Source: Which? report : Use less electricity | 05 October 2006