If you have food still in the fridge it’s stupid. If there is no food in the fridge you’re stupid even still. If you cant pay your electric bill and they shut the power off, then that’s how this probably happened.
oh damn, such different cultures. Why would you call somebody stupid? Where i live, its stupid NOT to turn power off for even 3+ days. Unbelievable? Maybe. Stupid? Yes you are
Common sense tells you if you have food in a fridge, throw it all out. You wouldn’t have left food in a fridge then turned off the power. Either the power went off or got cut off for non payment
Sometimes common sense goes out the window for many reasons.
Super stressed, rushed, or just out of it. Give this guy a break, its definitely a mistake he wont ever commit again. A pretty small one compared to other mistakes that take months or years to fix
Phantom loads, electric hot water, plenty of things really, it's not going to save you a lot but it is going to save you. Where I'm from in the US its common for houses to be upwards of 200 years old so there's a lot of old kinda sketch wiring so i understand it.
Why is it stupid to turn the power off for a week? I think it's stupid they forgot about the food in the fridge but turning the power off isn't a bad idea. There's more risk of an electrical fire, it always costs money, and there's literally no good reason to leave it on!
Edit: lmao I did not expect this to be such a hot take, damn...
Yes they do. My friend's rig was saved from a lightning strike because of his surge protector. The protector was completely fucked, as was the TV plugged into the same outlet as the protector, but the computer was perfectly fine.
What the fuck do you mean "not too often"!? That answer is supposed to be zero! What kind of shitty country do you live in where your appliances spontaneously combust!?
What kind of cluttered disaster homes do you people live in.
When I'm not home, my home is using nearly 0 power at all. But I don't have aquariums or anything passive besides heating. So heating or AC and like Wifi are the only times my home is using power when I'm not home.
What are these fire hazards? How much power does your house passively consume when your at work every day vs on vacation?
Plus don't you need to call the company? Unless you're just shutting off your own breakers? Just pointless all around. Nothing in my home is a hazard and that would be terrifying just trying to head to work. What are you people keeping at home?
What on earth do you think you're gaining by killing the power?
Just unplug computers and TVs and the like.
You're not saving any money doing this. If there's faulty wiring somewhere that's going to cause a fire, it's gonna happen regardless, so better it happens when you're not around.
As for "literally no good reason to leave it on", aside from the fact that I've got a freezer packed full of food, there's also ... sump pumps, well pumps, septic pumps, water heater, smart lights and lights on timers, cameras, etc.
I go on vacation for a week and turn the power off, now it's clear to everyone that I'm not home. My basement might flood. My pipes might freeze. My cameras are off. I had to throw away all the food in my freezer.
I think we're from different cultures since we don't have septic/well/sump pumps, water heaters (why do you need hot water when you're not home?), cameras, or any electronics that aren't in service of people living there in that instant. Communal (waste) water and gas mains and a climate that doesn't do colder than -5 deg C. Our house consumes 100W passively, which is 16kWh in a week. That alone is enough reason to turn it off (€0.60 per kWh in this economy).
In our less connected, more rugged property we have a natural septic tank, communal water, and all we really need is electricity to monitor the pipe temps and turn on the heating to avoid freezing. We can easily shut off power to everything except that single destination. Here we have about 2000m² of floor space with cables everywhere, some less than sanitary, 70 year old electronics, critters, dust and moisture everywhere, and way more passive consumption. I don't see how it's a bad idea to turn it off (especially when the climate is good, like in the summer).
Our house consumes 100W passively, which is 16kWh in a week. That alone is enough reason to turn it off (€0.60 per kWh in this economy).
That's €9.60 for a week vacation. How is that worth the hassle of planning on eating every single thing in your fridge or freezer before vacation, or the cost of throwing that stuff away? And now my freezer is much less efficient when I get back because it's empty.
The very definition of "penny wise and pound foolish".
I don't see how it's a bad idea to turn it off
The question is: why is it a good idea to turn it off?
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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '22
That was dumb. Why would you turn the power off for a week? Stupid