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TonyDuell · 13th Jun 2016, 5:31 pm

I find it a bit ironic that while we are told to 'save energy' these days, a lot of (battery powered especially) devices do not have a real on/off switch, only a 'soft' one that puts the thing into standby mode and leaves a fair amount of circuitry powered up. Yes, it's low power, but it still draws some current.

On quite a few of my devices that I use reasonably frequently (and therefore don't want to keep taking the batteries out) and which don't store important data when powered down I have fitted a physical on/off switch. This has saved me a lot of battery replacements over the years.

13th Jun 2016, 5:31 pm	#72
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,224	Re: Amazing D cell discovery! I find it a bit ironic that while we are told to 'save energy' these days, a lot of (battery powered especially) devices do not have a real on/off switch, only a 'soft' one that puts the thing into standby mode and leaves a fair amount of circuitry powered up. Yes, it's low power, but it still draws some current. On quite a few of my devices that I use reasonably frequently (and therefore don't want to keep taking the batteries out) and which don't store important data when powered down I have fitted a physical on/off switch. This has saved me a lot of battery replacements over the years.