Does it make any difference if I just leave the light switch on all the time? I have my laptop and a lamp plugged into it.
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I have an outlet that is controlled by a lightswitch
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Jimmy
King Phenomenon
No. Maybe 10¢ a month
I grew up in a house that had a switch on the wall along the stairs going to my room. It didn't control anything. I would flick on the way up to and down from my room. This is true.
One day, my folks got a letter from a woman in Canada asking me to stop it. This isn't true.
One day, my folks got a letter from a woman in Canada asking me to stop it. This isn't true.
No. The outlet controlled by the switch will use the same amount of electricity as any other outlet in your house when the same items are plugged in. All the switch does is open and close the circuit.
Or they could just turn off the breaker, remove the switch, tie off and cap the wires, turn the breaker back on, and put a blank cover over the box.
It all depends upon what you have plugged into the outlet.
Some devices have what's called "parasitic loss", eg, TV,
laptop charger. It's a low power draw, but these add up
when millions of people have them. Non-electronic
devices like toasters & lamps won't draw any power
when plugged in, & turned off.
I leave things plugged in because the cost is low, they
function better with continuous power, & it's convenient.
Plugs generally don't have switches in the US. Certain ones that are intended to plug lamps into have a wall switch by the doorway so you don't have to go to the lamp to turn it on and off.
Note to all.....
This is an outlet (US style)....
This is a plug....
Get it straight, & stop triggering me!!!!
This is an outlet (US style)....
This is a plug....
Get it straight, & stop triggering me!!!!
Switch it off and your laptop won't charge, leave it on the laptop will charge while not in use. So it will use a little more electric by leaving it on but not so much.
Why do they call it an outlet when you put stuff in it?Note to all.....
This is an outlet (US style)....
This is a plug....
Get it straight, & stop triggering me!!!!
Also, technically, it's an electrical outlet.
Because this is also an outlet...
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
@Rival Why would this elicit a frown? The switch from DC to AC, along with lower voltage, makes such switches unnecessary in the U.S.
It "lets out" the electricity.
When the context makes the prefix clear,Also, technically, it's an electrical outlet.
Because this is also an outlet...
there's no need to say "electrical", water", etc.
As for your valve, we call that a "supply".
We leave off "water" cuz it's obvioius.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
That's why the Brits have switches on their outlets; so it doesn't leak or get stale.
Did you know that Brits once used boiled electricity?
Only after many immigrants arrived did they spice it up.
I know this. I just felt like triggering you.
