ᐅ Standby Shutdown – Useful or Pointless?

Grym schrieb:
And it’s not about saving money, but about investing—giving up some comfort initially, first recovering the investment costs plus interest, and then starting around 2035 to save 50 cents per month, assuming nothing breaks down.

Then pay for the plug from your own equity, and that problem is solved... everyone should have understood that YOU don’t need/want it, or whatever the case may be. Others want it because it contributes a small part to saving electricity. Because in doing so, you can actually gain comfort, not lose any.

And as I said before, not everything can be calculated in a business case. And if you really approach the topic like that, you should question your entire project— you won’t make a profit from it, and you won’t save money on the house, nor on rent.

If I always have to press a wall switch before using the remote control, that's an additional step which might need to be done several times a day. Clearly, extra effort and a loss of convenience.

If you finance it with your own equity, it's obvious that you will need to take out debt for something else. The interest on optional extras is correctly calculated over the entire expected term. It adds up on top. With interest and possible interest rate increases on the follow-up financing, it will almost certainly cost at least twice as much.

I never said you shouldn’t do it. You’re welcome to. I said it falls into the category of uneconomic technical gimmicks for me. If you like gimmicks, you probably don’t care that it causes a loss. So: go ahead and buy it! The same applies to the solar battery.

RobsonMKK schrieb:
You won’t save money with a house either, not even on rent.

Exactly right, we will still rent an apartment on the side, so we won’t actually save any rent.

Every house is different, as is every financial situation... and the preferences of the residents vary as well.

Not everyone is willing to pay an extra 100 euros for one or more shut-off options.

For these and other reasons, shutting off may be worthwhile for some, but not for others.

Yes, it can be worthwhile. Either way, we are talking about very small amounts here. For many, the saved 50 cents simply won’t make a difference.

Of course, anyone who wants to do it should go ahead. But please don’t use the argument of saving money.

Grym schrieb:
Yes, it can be worth it. Either way, we are talking about very small amounts here. For many, the saved 50 cents probably won’t make a difference.

Of course, anyone who wants to do it should. But please don’t use saving money as an argument.

Definitely factually incorrect regarding the 50 cents.

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