With the price of energy rocketing to record levels we’re all looking for simple ways to shave a few pennies off the monthly electricity bill. One pretty obvious thing to do each night before heading to bed is to turn off all the energy-sucking gadgets that are scattered around our homes. This can offer a serious saving with a recent report from EcoCostSavings suggesting that a TV left on standby 24-hours a day can use around £11 per year of energy alone.
This might make you think that heading for the power sockets each night is a great idea but before you start hitting the off switch there is one device that’s definitely best-left turned on.
BT is warning millions of customers to make sure they leave their routers powered up at all times as unplugging this flashing black box can wreak havoc on internet speeds. There are two main reasons why it’s not a good idea to turn off your router at night.
Firstly, BT often pushes out vital updates to its devices during the night as releasing these upgrades when most people are in bed means there’s less disruption across its network.
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