old people things.

D1craig · 14 Nov 2015 at 20:30

ok so how about this one then. my mum told my sister to save money they should not fill the sink but leave it unplugged while washing the dishes.

Orionaut · 14 Nov 2015 at 23:40

LeeUK said:
Never understood unplugging things from the wall after switching them off at the wall. The circuit is broken hence no power when it is off so what will unplugging it do.

The "Live" is broken.

The "Neutral" is still connected however.

If you are unlucky and the local ****** have had a go at your supply substation the "Neutral" can (worst case scenario) go right up to 440 volts!

Peoples houses have actually burned down as a consequence of this!

Limpnoodle · 14 Nov 2015 at 23:44

Dont take down that fly strip there's still spaces left

JohnnyG · 14 Nov 2015 at 23:50

Orionaut said:
The "Live" is broken.

The "Neutral" is still connected however.

If you are unlucky and the local ****** have had a go at your supply substation the "Neutral" can (worst case scenario) go right up to 440 volts!

Peoples houses have actually burned down as a consequence of this!

Unless you have DP sockets of course in which case there's no benefits.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Nov 2015 at 23:55

D1craig said:
tbh no excuse for my ignorance but i do still live with them hahaha.

would not really have suited me if i did leave it the way i change it as the boiler is in my room and it would wake me up turning on and off so often...

it is common sense but until i asked i thought it would be something like - what i did reduced the life of the timer from 20 years to 19 years and 8 months.

Ok let's put it into simple language you may understand.

You decide to turn your computer on because you want to look at something on the internet for 15 minutes and then turn it off.
15 minutes later you decide to turn it on again because you want to email a couple of people for 15 minutes.
15 minutes later you want to look at some porn and then turn it off again after 15 minutes
and so on ...........................................

You must now realise that it can't be good for the PC to keep doing this?

Orionaut · 14 Nov 2015 at 23:59

Dimple said:
Ok let's put it into simple language you may understand.

You decide to turn your computer on because you want to look at something on the internet for 15 minutes and then turn it off.
15 minutes later you decide to turn it on again because you want to email a couple of people for 15 minutes.
15 minutes later you want to look at some porn and then turn it off again after 15 minutes
and so on ...........................................

You must now realise that it can't be good for the PC to keep doing this?

Isn't that, basically, what "Sleep" does??

Redz · 15 Nov 2015 at 00:03

Dimple said:
Ok let's put it into simple language you may understand.

You decide to turn your computer on because you want to look at something on the internet for 15 minutes and then turn it off.
15 minutes later you decide to turn it on again because you want to email a couple of people for 15 minutes.
15 minutes later you want to look at some porn and then turn it off again after 15 minutes
and so on ...........................................

You must now realise that it can't be good for the PC to keep doing this?

It does make for a sticky keyboard.

Raggs · 15 Nov 2015 at 02:55

spent many a happy weekend in 70s and 80s at my grans house , but every night without fail she unlugged the tv from the wall , just in case it caught fire lol god bless her

Rosbif · 15 Nov 2015 at 03:06

In my mind setting a heater to click in every 15 minutes is exactly something an old person would dream up.

Cosimo · 15 Nov 2015 at 08:23

Raggs said:
spent many a happy weekend in 70s and 80s at my grans house , but every night without fail she unlugged the tv from the wall , just in case it caught fire lol god bless her

So we can blame her for your presence.

Meridian · 15 Nov 2015 at 08:25

Raggs said:
spent many a happy weekend in 70s and 80s at my grans house , but every night without fail she unlugged the tv from the wall , just in case it caught fire lol god bless her

In the 1970s this was a realistic fear.

Trifid · 15 Nov 2015 at 09:50

Orionaut said:
The "Live" is broken.

The "Neutral" is still connected however.

If you are unlucky and the local ****** have had a go at your supply substation the "Neutral" can (worst case scenario) go right up to 440 volts!

Peoples houses have actually burned down as a consequence of this!

Do you also unplug the fridge? Freezer? Boiler? Lights? Unless doing everything, it seems rather pointless still.

D1craig · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:02

Dimple said:
Ok let's put it into simple language you may understand.

You decide to turn your computer on because you want to look at something on the internet for 15 minutes and then turn it off.
15 minutes later you decide to turn it on again because you want to email a couple of people for 15 minutes.
15 minutes later you want to look at some porn and then turn it off again after 15 minutes
and so on ...........................................

You must now realise that it can't be good for the PC to keep doing this?

Isn't that what windows updates do though. If not windows updates I've seen it with something on the computer tell me it will restart a few times.

russell664 · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:21

Mynight said:
Or do what I do and turn it off .

Nothings cheaper than a jumper.

Spot on, Jumpers FTW

Werewolf · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:34

D1craig said:
Isn't that what windows updates do though. If not windows updates I've seen it with something on the computer tell me it will restart a few times.

Windows Update etc however don't tend to power the machine down fully, just put it through a "soft boot" (as opposed to a hard boot where everything is shut down completely).
It also doesn't do it 2-4 times an hour for 6+ hours a day

SexyGreyFox · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:43

Raggs said:
spent many a happy weekend in 70s and 80s at my grans house , but every night without fail she unlugged the tv from the wall , just in case it caught fire lol god bless her

And your Gran came from a time where it was a problem so it's you that needs god blessing.

Flibster · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:45

Vegetables MUST be boiled for as long as the roast is cooking. Just to ensure that all the flavour is gone and they're the correct shade of grey.

*shudder*

Werewolf · 15 Nov 2015 at 12:46

Meridian said:
In the 1970s this was a realistic fear.

Aye, valves got hot, QC on the circuit boards wasn't always great and they used wirewound transformers and other parts that could degrade quite alarmingly.
I seem to remember that faulty TV's were a fairly major cause of house fires (at least electrical ones) back in the 70's.

Rather like cheap chinese mobile phone chargers today really.

footman · 15 Nov 2015 at 15:36

If you unplug an appliance from the socket you must make sure it's turned off otherwise the electrons will stream out and as we all know they are very dangerous.
Another thing, if you unplug the VirginMedia box it doesn't record, disgusting!

Us old people know a thing or two.

V F · 15 Nov 2015 at 16:52

Werewolf said:
Aye, valves got hot, QC on the circuit boards wasn't always great and they used wirewound transformers and other parts that could degrade quite alarmingly.
I seem to remember that faulty TV's were a fairly major cause of house fires (at least electrical ones) back in the 70's.

Rather like cheap chinese mobile phone chargers today really.

Then there was always some plonker(s) in the 80s, 90s and even the 00s who iron their clothes and left them sitting on the vents for hours piled on their big TV and wondered how it caught fire. Everyone knew how hot those CRT TVs were back in the days.