Leaving It All Turned On

Posted by: Johnny Blue on 27 November 2000

Has anyone ever worked out what are the running costs of leaving Naim gear switched on all the time?

My wife complains that our electricity bills are high because I leave my six-pack, NAXO, NAT 101, 32.5, Prefix, 3 Hi-Caps and SNAPS on all the time.
I argue it's not much more than leaving a light bulb (or two!) turned on.

Who's right?

Posted on: 27 November 2000 by Andrew L. Weekes

Here's the post I placed some time ago on this subject......

I did some tests a while ago, on my modest system.

The cost of leaving my Nait3 on all the time was more than I thought, but not enough to worry me.

It was a LOT less than leaving a PC on constantly.

I tested a Nait3 and the cost was under 1 unit per day.

My colleague has an Exposure pre-power, and with both units permanently powered, and a Naim CD3 it cost about 1 unit per day (£25 / year @ 7p / unit).

The PC (excluding monitor) was over 2 units per day!

If you live in the UK Maplin sell a 'cost plug' that looks like a mains timer that will enable you to monitor your system - it totally ruins sound quality though, so remove before listening.

Andy.

Andrew L. Weekes
alweekes@audiophile.com