We got a few things accomplished today.

I wrote the speech I’m going to give at Toastmasters tomorrow.

I finally got the replacement crown installed for my dental implant (it broke more than 9 weeks ago; the replacement came in just after we left for the East Coast and then I had to postpone the installation twice for Covid).

Both of us got a haircut.

Each of us got a “fit to fly” letter from our doctor which should save us from needing an antigen test to come back to the US for the next two trips we’ve got planned.

We even updated the various painkillers in our travel kit, which required a trip to Target. I was astonished at how much less generic painkillers cost at Target than they do at CVS, especially since Target’s pharmacy is run by CVS.

I thought about not posting today because my day was so uninteresting, but that would have made today interesting and so I’d’ve felt compelled to post!

Diane had a dentist’s appointment this morning and I took advantage of her absence to do something that was likely to be annoying if she had been home.

I decided to test the power consumption of the various devices in our A/V rack – both while they were running and when they were in standby. That required me to keep turning things off and on and plugging and unplugging them and having them make noises, something best done in solitude.

I was surprised at the results.

Device	Standby Power	Active Power
2001 Boston Subwoofer	15	18
2009 Sony LCD TV	0	200
2009 Sony Blu-Ray Player	0	11
2011 Denon Receiver	2	45
2015 TiVo Roamio	15	24

I expected everything to draw a lot more power when it was in standby, but it looks like the subwoofer is the only thing worth unplugging when we’re away (and the TiVo if we don’t plan to record anything).

I had the audio gear at the level we usually listen at – it would take a lot more power if I turned it up, of course.

I did a little research and found that a modern LED TV would use only about 25% of the power that ours needs – we would save dozens of dollars over the course of a year. That might not be a winning argument!