I fixed the CD player!

[ailbhe]

So now all the visual stuff in the front room is unplugged, so we're no longer paying for standby. It annoys me that none of it has an off switch - the buttons are for on or standby, and off is only doable at the actual plug.

Rob is working on getting a storage unit into the attic so that we can keep working on getting that sorted out.

I've also managed to make a loaf of white bread with a nice soft top crust. If I can transfer the skill to wholemeal I will be very pleased.

Comments

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

If the plug is hard to reach or you want another "Off" solution, try one of those short multiple extension cords often sold for computer use, that have an inline on-off switch.

[ailbhe]

If we decide to plug it in again, something like that is definitely on the cards; I was talking to micheinnz about them recently!

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

My new (ish) CD player in the kitchen only has a standby switch. I wouldn't have bought it if I'd realised. We turn the tv off properly each time (I enforced that one & now everyone does it on autopilot) & we turn off the DVD & video players. The freeview must stay on though, I don't even know where the switch on the actual box is as I tried to re-boot it yesterday as it wasn't working & there was no switch. I used the remote in the end.

Eve magazine last month had an article on women who ran eco-friendly businesses & there is apparently a woman in Pontefract (where we live) who sells some sort of electricity measuring device to see how much you use each day.