Do you unplug your console from the wall when not playing it?

[MetoMeto]

I notice everyone talking about power bills but i never noticed any difference in it with consoles on or off. Also i noticed the talk about wall outlet or a switch...it doesn't actually matter, the point is that it doesn't get the electricity, as for how it does that, that's up to you.

My main "concern" with consoles being ON al the time is about the console it self and so it lasts longer since the components are not constantly uder power, low or high. For me its kinda like routine and normal thing to take it out of a wall.
But i don't do that with my TV..i don't care that much for the TV lol.

TBH here, the real reason besides the protecting them so they last longer, i dont like console doing stuff secretly when off. When i turn something off i like it to be OFF not kinda OFF like stand by is. I mean only benefit is that it will turn on faster, or have few clicks less... I seriously dont mind making an extra effort (if you can call that an effort) to plug it in and wait a bit.
By the way, in manuals they do recommend that to unplug when not in use, so i guess it became a habit from when i was younger.

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It is ok,the difference to other,more expensive Version,is the Firmware.Most comes with v5.5,"newer" Clones comes with v5.15b
like this.
For me,I use two v5.15 GDemus and have not experienced a Game wich does not work properly.

i like the heat sink so are they stable in operation i guess, heat sinks are good thing as i know.
for e the main thing to get GDemu is not for games and loading times, i can live with that and disk swaps, but the horrible noise that sega makes. But tbh i kinda like it, its nostalgic, but also what if disk dies...

So how does that work? You just replace the hardware and thats it???

 

[Alexander1970]

I notice everyone talking about power bills but i never noticed any difference in it with consoles on or off. Also i noticed the talk about wall outlet or a switch...it doesn't actually matter, the point is that it doesn't get the electricity, as for how it does that, that's up to you.

My main "concern" with consoles being ON al the time is about the console it self and so it lasts longer since the components are not constantly uder power, low or high. For me its kinda like routine and normal thing to take it out of a wall.
But i don't do that with my TV..i don't care that much for the TV lol.

TBH here, the real reason besides the protecting them so they last longer, i dont like console doing stuff secretly when off. When i turn something off i like it to be OFF not kinda OFF like stand by is. I mean only benefit is that it will turn on faster, or have few clicks less... I seriously dont mind making an extra effort (if you can call that an effort) to plug it in and wait a bit.
By the way, in manuals they do recommend that to unplug when not in use, so i guess it became a habit from when i was younger.

I would NEVER let an Xbox (1.Modell) plugged in.
...amongst other Things,because of the "Capacitor" Issue...

i like the heat sink so are they stable in operation i guess, heat sinks are good thing as i know.
for e the main thing to get GDemu is not for games and loading times, i can live with that and disk swaps, but the horrible noise that sega makes. But tbh i kinda like it, its nostalgic, but also what if disk dies...

So how does that work? You just replace the hardware and thats it???

It could look like this:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/dreamcast-gdemu-from-aliexpress-amazon.533300/page-8#post-9211649

It is an SD Card Extension Module:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000849411780.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.24dc4c4dpZDyvh

Thank you.

 

[MetoMeto]

I did a VGA internal mod on my DC. The pic is pretty sweet!

 

[Deleted User]

Nah. I always leave it plugged in. My electricity bill for every months depends on company but mostly about 7 euro a month. Sometimes 5 euro a month.

And I even leave light on at night time, always. No problem. CHEAP!

I heard about Brazil. Very expensive. I feel sad for Brazilian people. Government there are horrible and a corrupt! Government there doesn't care about people there. Government is evil

Tourists should stop going there to give Government a hard time, indeed.

Euros? I thought you lived in U.S.?

Anyway, it's all plugged in. Most of it is left in standby. I'd only unplug stuff which may be a hazard, and in that case, I'd take a look at it and fix it.

 

[Deleted User]

i used to turn off the power strip my computer was in whenever i didnt have a download running overnight, but now i have an alarm clock in that same power strip so it needs to be on whenever i need the alarm or clock (most of the time)

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I did a VGA internal mod on my DC. The pic is pretty sweet!

could you please show pictures? seems interesting

 

[slaphappygamer]

It should be yes, but the truth is that I keep my ps2, wii, xbox360, the video switcher, and switch all plugged in.

 

[godreborn]

virtually everything in my room is connected to a surge protector with toggle switches. however, the only ones I ever remember to flip off are: the nvidia shield (go to apps to shut down first), and the minis/classics (nes, snes, genesis, turbo grafx, neo geo, psx, and retron 3 hd). here's that toggle switch (my room is a mess with so much crap):

 

[CMDreamer]

I don't just unplug them, I repack them on their boxes. I like to keep things tidy and clean, and having them all over the place is just not for me.

 

[spotanjo3]

Euros? I thought you lived in U.S.?

Anyway, it's all plugged in. Most of it is left in standby. I'd only unplug stuff which may be a hazard, and in that case, I'd take a look at it and fix it.

No, did you see my flag icon ?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Cool! thanks for that!

On that note, even WiiU gamepad doesnt turn off, thats why i made a phisical switch for that. I posted pics here but i will make a tutorial how i did that if ayone wants to know.

As for WiiU gamed, its not just about the cost, its that the battery will probably die faster cause its constantly on charger. I dont know for sure but i dont think thats good tbh.

Yes please. I always hated how the Wii U gamepad was always dead when I needed it, because it self discharges in like a week.

 

[MetoMeto]

virtually everything in my room is connected to a surge protector with toggle switches. however, the only ones I ever remember to flip off are: the nvidia shield (go to apps to shut down first), and the minis/classics (nes, snes, genesis, turbo grafx, neo geo, psx, and retron 3 hd). here's that toggle switch (my room is a mess with so much crap):

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is a shield worth getting?

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i used to turn off the power strip my computer was in whenever i didnt have a download running overnight, but now i have an alarm clock in that same power strip so it needs to be on whenever i need the alarm or clock (most of the time)

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could you please show pictures? seems interesting

Sure, i will do it today!

 

[Crazynoob458]

HAH i get energy from the sun
we acualy gain money by selling unused electricity

 

[MetoMeto]

could you please show pictures? seems interesting

The console

Spoiler

That switch there is just to change input from "AV out" to "VGA" and vice versa,
and that far left hole is just an audio jack, since VGA don't transmit sound.
(left most screw is bigger cause i couldnt find smaller...its so annoying lol)

It was pain in the a** to fitt everything just perfectly and this was it in mm! xD

Ill post gameplay screen later today, i had these pics in spoiler already on my PC.

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HAH i get energy from the sun
we acualy gain money by selling unused electricity

Solar panels huh?

 

[Sathya]

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!!
why??

Indonesia is one of the most cheap electricity price /kwh.

so its not reasonable if i unplug my console from the wall because the electric bills.

but why i do that???

my daddy told me since i was child to always unplugging the connectors from wall for longer life of electronics stuff.

and..... why this is important??

because now i bought a used wii (just for play mkwii online. im the huge fans) and the picture of the component is little bit unclear or...... yeah is hard for me to say in english. but i think you all know if the GPU is fried up so the video output is not clear.

this happens to my wii because the previous owner is let th wii console stay turn on (wiiconnect24orangelight) so the gpu is hot when not in use.

So............


"Save your GPU and money by unplugging your console from wall"

~Sathya 2020~

 

[Deleted User]

I live in a civilised country that has switches on the sockets. Only reason to unplug something is to move it (I do have many of my games on a little cart) or because lightning is happening and I would rather not have to repair static damage.

There is also the little tiny lights problem
https://xkcd.com/313/

While I have tape, resistor and permanent markers on many things it is easier to skip it entirely.

The U.K. plugs are among the safest ones in the world, plus they make use of fuses (unli

No, did you see my flag icon ?

That's kind of irrelevant as people can choose any country. I'm surprised you switched U.S. for Portugal, but that's your decision.

 

[spotanjo3]

That's kind of irrelevant as people can choose any country. I'm surprised you switched U.S. for Portugal, but that's your decision.

No no no.. Don't be confused. I changed it again due to delay trip then finally, I moved back to Portugal last March before Coronavirus shut down on march 19. And I changed it to Portugal once morel

 

[Taleweaver]

I used to have this long-ass power outlet that hooked up my television, computer, PC monitor, 2 consoles and perhaps some other stuff (basically everything but the modem, really) that was all neatly hidden away so the impossible spaghetti cable soup was reduced to a single visible power button that would turn everything on and off (meaning: whenever I went to bed, I had EVERYTHING disconnected with just one switch).

...and then my girlfriend moved in. She didn't like that she had to plug it in whenever she wanted to watch television, so she insisted I left it always on (because of course it couldn't be operated with the tv-remote). The creative genius inside me died a little that day.

 

[mrgone]

each console has a remote accessible wall plug(some ikea tradfri, some esp8266) which i can control via mqtt and thus my cell and my tablet

 

[godreborn]

is a shield worth getting?

definitely. even more so if you don't have a smart tv, which I don't.

 

[Deleted User]

No no no.. Don't be confused. I changed it again due to delay trip then finally, I moved back to Portugal last March before Coronavirus shut down on march 19. And I changed it to Portugal once morel

Bruh, that's weird. Portugal is an old man's country.

The boomers I've met are pretty cool for the most part, some are drunk all day, but they get their shit done, either way. Whereas, on the web the boomers and millennials get shit on like they're the worst thing ever.

I just wish Portugal still had our own currency than the monopoly-ish money and other European countries use.