21-11-2016, 09:00 PM
(21-11-2016, 06:31 PM)ppppenguin Wrote: Not sure what the EU directives currently specify for equipment in standby but it's certainly no more than 1W.
I had to double-check this recently.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power
Quote:On 6 January 2010 the European Commission (EC) Regulation No 1275/2008 came into force. The regulations mandate that from 6 January 2010 "off mode" and standby power for electrical and electronic household and office equipment shall not exceed 1W, "standby plus" power (providing information or status display in addition to possible reactivation function) shall not exceed 2W. Equipment must where appropriate provide off mode and/or standby mode when the equipment is connected to the mains power source. These figures were halved on 6 January 2013.
So presently, it's half a watt.
Another good article: https://www.dssw.co.uk/blog/2010-02-13-e...equipment/
For these, I'd be more concerned about safety. They will eventually fail, and hopefully safely, but a surge might be interesting, given that they are built down to a price. In a masonry wall, the risk of a fire spreading from one of these seems unlikely, but a lot of sockets are installed in timber-framed houses... Let's hope the plastics are genuinely self-extinguishing.
At least when a standard charger fails after 1 to 3 years, it's a simple matter to chuck it away and use a new one - no tools required, etc.
There's also the question of RFI...
All in all, they seem like a Bad Idea to me.
