Turning off my sky box

[ChecksOut]

There seems to be misunderstanding for Eco Mode, suggesting that using it vs powering off will make little difference. It may only use 1w when enabled, but it's only active for just over 3 hours per day (for sky Q boxes) - a real missed opportunity.

having measured our box, it consumes 12w in standby, and 17w when on, so over 2/3 of the power on energy when in standby, which seems a lot for just sitting there doing very little.

In terms of reliability, regularly turning the box off may not be good for the long term reliability, but seeing as Sky mandate that the box is loaned equipment, if it fails it's surely their responsibility to replace it?

[Annie+UK]

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@ChecksOut wrote:

There seems to be misunderstanding for Eco Mode, suggesting that using it vs powering off will make little difference. It may only use 1w when enabled, but it's only active for just over 3 hours per day (for sky Q boxes) - a real missed opportunity.

having measured our box, it consumes 12w in standby, and 17w when on, so over 2/3 of the power on energy when in standby, which seems a lot for just sitting there doing very little.

In terms of reliability, regularly turning the box off may not be good for the long term reliability, but seeing as Sky mandate that the box is loaned equipment, if it fails it's surely their responsibility to replace it?

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As this thread is in the Sky+ forum Sky Q is not relevant. Note: Sky+ boxes are not on loan from Sky.

ECO mode will still record programmes if they are scheduled during the times the box would be off, turning the power fully off will stop all function including recording

[ChecksOut]

Hi Annie, I had missed that this was for the Sky+ specific discussions having come in via Google this time - my bad. My reason for responding regarding Q was that someone else seemed to think this was about the Q box, so it seemed appropriate.

Agree that recordings will be missed if the box is off, and those comments (including s/w updates) obviously still stand, but I made no claim regarding those comments from others. With ever more content coming from streaming etc. this is less of an issue (for my use case at least), so I still feel it is relevant for some people to consider powering off.

Agree that older boxes may be owned, so reliability could be a concern, especially as they're likely to be old by now already.

Will aim to do better for future posts.

[PandJ2020]

I turn my mini's off daily via smartplugs - they are solid state so are unlikely to be affected by this.

I keep the main Q on at all times though...