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| Brand: | Bye Bye Standby |
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| Voltage: | 240 volts |
Technical Details
- Save up to £38 per year
- Easy 'Plug and Play' installation - does not require additional wiring
- Manual override - smart sockets can still be controlled manually
- Fully compatible with the Bye Bye Standby Classic range
- Group on/off function: LED
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Bye Bye Standby Expansion Pack - switch off even more appliances when not in use! These appliance modules simply plug into wall sockets to control any electrical device (up to 3000W).
Bye Bye Standby is the UK’s best-selling energy-saving solution, designed to reduce the daily energy consumption of electrical devices. Bye Bye Standby works by completely cutting power to the devices plugged into it when they're not in use, thus saving the power that these devices would otherwise have consumed in Standby Mode. Households in the UK now spend around 10% of their electricity bill on standby power, with the average household having up to 12 gadgets left on standby or charging at any one time (Source: Energy Saving Trust). Bye Bye Standby is a simple and effective way to save energy, carbon emissions and money. Simply plug your Bye Bye Standby socket into a mains wall socket and plug an electrical appliance directly into it. With the choice of either using the Bye Bye Standby remote control (available to buy as part of the Bye Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit) or a simple wall switch, you can turn individual or grouped appliances on or off at the push of a button (up to 30 metres away). It will even work through walls and ceilings! Additional Bye Bye Standby sockets, remote controls and switches can be purchased separately to suit your individual needs.
Bye Bye Standby can be used in both a home or office environment and can be used with any of the following: television, DVD player, set-top box, MP3 player, VCR player, stereo, printer, lights, games console, computer, monitor, phone charger, scanner, fax machine & much more...
Can we really afford to standby?
Product Description
Switch off even more products when not in use!
Features
Wireless remote control
On/Off function
Group control (enables multiple devices/lights to be controlled at once)
Operable control distance up to 30m
Important
For indoor use only
Keep away from all sources of water or moisture
Suitable for appliances up to 3000W (13A)*
Not for use with any electrical devices containing a heating element such as an electric fire.
Do not overload. Adult installation only.
* Maximum load refers to UK product. Specifications may vary for BBS products designed for other regions.
Specifications (for UK kit)
Voltage: 240VAC/50Hz
Maximum load: 3000W (13A)
On/off indication: LED
Remote range: up to 30m
Battery type: 12VDC/MN21
CE approved
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Customer Reviews
As I had quite a few old remotes I bought some of these. They seem to work better and be better designed and engineered. But who can tell if they'll last more than a year?
If I didn't already have the remotes I would have bought some cheapo ones from elsewhere, i.e. another brand! I have 3 really cheap ones from Maplin that have been going for 7 years!
So, here's my good/bad summary
GOOD POINTS
Convenient to use, saves bending down and switching sockets off. When they work, they generally work well.
Physically robust
Energy consumption - I have so many transformers (e.g. printer, router, DECT phone charger etc) that I hate leaving them permanently on for all sorts of reasons, particularly energy consumption
BAD POINT
Really only one major one. Reliability. I have purchased about 3-4 of the smaller variety, which have now deceased after a couple of years. These two I'm reviewing here were replacements for other ones that had also gone bad after about a year.
PS I don't think I am overloading them; and that was one reason for buying the newer "larger" variety as I believe the rated load is higher.
So my all means use them for PCs or other devices as convenient, just don't expect them to be environmentally friendly as advertised (I don't think that shipping plastic/electronic items from China that break and can't be repaired is enviro friendly). So don't expect them to work for ever, and in my experience expect a certain %age to go bad after say 1 year+.
I must also say that I have previously used a type from Maplins and they also eventually expired after 2-3 years so perhaps it's a technology limitation/MTBF limitation of the design, rather than being manufacturer or brand specific.
I bought the pack with the remote along with two addtional plugs, however, two of them have now failed and I'm left with... Read more
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