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!

We had our regular session with our trainer this morning – that makes two weeks in a row! It won’t last, though, since next Monday is Memorial Day and then we expect to be traveling again.

Unless a bureaucratic miracle happens, we’re going to have to take an antigen test within 24 hours of our flight to Portugal, so we decided to go outside to minimize the chance of being colonized by a new variant; it was a really good day for an outside workout anyway.

This afternoon, I went to the allergist for a desensitization shot for the first time in six weeks; they had to cut my dosage in half because it had been so long since my last shot. It’s a good thing I made it this week, though – if I’d missed this opportunity, they would have dropped the dosage down to 25% next time. It’s a slow enough climb to the levels that are supposed to be effective if you don’t miss any appointments – dropping down to 25% would add a few months to the process.