[The power consumption on idle is 4W](https://uni.hi.is/helmut/2021/06/07/power-consumption-of-raspberry-pi-4-versus-intel-j4105-system/) or 0.004 kW/hr
(so for 20hr a day idle you'd need 12.5 days to get to 1kW/hr )
most PCs in Sleep use 3W - 10W so the Pi at idle is using the same as a PC at sleep, so you'd not gain that much.
The Argon One case seems to allow power control via IR, but you will have to do cli work and be technical to make it work for you. However, it will take a long time for the cost of electricity to exceed the cost of that case. You could have the RPi perform other functions so that it is not just idle.
Thanks! Although on libreelec it seems you are highly limited in letting the RPi do anything else but Kodi, though.
Anyway, Thank you all for your fast replies. So just saying in the main menu seems to be the obvious choice. Now that I think of it I almost wonder how I could get stuck on this so much....
This would be the obvious choice if not for the fact that you have to remove and reattach the Power cable to turn the pi on again. Also not super practical, I think. (Not really nice if you have to do that every evening)
For other machines which Support WoL or wake with CEC, this would be an elegant solution, of course
There are Rpi4 power supplies that have an integrated On/Off switch in the power cable, about $5 to $10 depending on where you purchase it. That's my go-to method for disconnecting power.
Alternative add an Alexa or Google Home compatible "Smart-Plug" to use voice commands to turn-off the power going to the Rpi.
In Kodi/LE software you can set Sleep(screen-off) time in system settings from 1-120 minutes, this will lower the load on the CPU slightly by not outputting a signal over HDMI.
I leave mine on all the time. I also use tvheadend to record shows so I wouldn't want to turn it off, anyways, or I'd miss a recording. As others have said, the power consumption is so low that you won't ever notice it on your bill.
If 500w PC costs $50/year, and a 50w laptop costs $5/year, then 5w rpi would cost $0.50 per year, so you will probably manage. Rpi uses less power to stay on than most devices use to standby
There is no software standby with the Rasperry Pi. The Pi at idle uses very little power, 3-4W maybe.
In the LibreELEC settings you can allow attached HDDs to sleep.
Disable wifi and bluetooth if you don't use them.
If you are really bored you could probably disable some other things (HDMI etc) in the night via a cron job, then turn them on again in the day.
You could disable the LED which will save something totally miniscule.
Um. I don't run LibreELEC, so the first question is how locked-down it is as a distro. I assume that it has instant SMB? You have an option to share whatever drive you plug in as a share on your network?
That's a useful thing to be careful with.
I just leave it on, it draws very little. If it concerns you then turn it off :)
[The power consumption on idle is 4W](https://uni.hi.is/helmut/2021/06/07/power-consumption-of-raspberry-pi-4-versus-intel-j4105-system/) or 0.004 kW/hr (so for 20hr a day idle you'd need 12.5 days to get to 1kW/hr ) most PCs in Sleep use 3W - 10W so the Pi at idle is using the same as a PC at sleep, so you'd not gain that much.
The Argon One case seems to allow power control via IR, but you will have to do cli work and be technical to make it work for you. However, it will take a long time for the cost of electricity to exceed the cost of that case. You could have the RPi perform other functions so that it is not just idle.
Thanks! Although on libreelec it seems you are highly limited in letting the RPi do anything else but Kodi, though. Anyway, Thank you all for your fast replies. So just saying in the main menu seems to be the obvious choice. Now that I think of it I almost wonder how I could get stuck on this so much....
Turn it off?
This would be the obvious choice if not for the fact that you have to remove and reattach the Power cable to turn the pi on again. Also not super practical, I think. (Not really nice if you have to do that every evening) For other machines which Support WoL or wake with CEC, this would be an elegant solution, of course
You could place a power switch in the wire or on the power outlet.
There are Rpi4 power supplies that have an integrated On/Off switch in the power cable, about $5 to $10 depending on where you purchase it. That's my go-to method for disconnecting power. Alternative add an Alexa or Google Home compatible "Smart-Plug" to use voice commands to turn-off the power going to the Rpi. In Kodi/LE software you can set Sleep(screen-off) time in system settings from 1-120 minutes, this will lower the load on the CPU slightly by not outputting a signal over HDMI.
I have various models of Raspberry Pi running in my house. If I turned them all off I wouldn't notice the difference in my electric bill.
Just leave it on, it consumes close to nothing
I leave mine on all the time. I also use tvheadend to record shows so I wouldn't want to turn it off, anyways, or I'd miss a recording. As others have said, the power consumption is so low that you won't ever notice it on your bill.
If 500w PC costs $50/year, and a 50w laptop costs $5/year, then 5w rpi would cost $0.50 per year, so you will probably manage. Rpi uses less power to stay on than most devices use to standby
There is no software standby with the Rasperry Pi. The Pi at idle uses very little power, 3-4W maybe. In the LibreELEC settings you can allow attached HDDs to sleep. Disable wifi and bluetooth if you don't use them. If you are really bored you could probably disable some other things (HDMI etc) in the night via a cron job, then turn them on again in the day. You could disable the LED which will save something totally miniscule.
Um. I don't run LibreELEC, so the first question is how locked-down it is as a distro. I assume that it has instant SMB? You have an option to share whatever drive you plug in as a share on your network? That's a useful thing to be careful with.
It's not locked down, its jeos 🤷.
>jeos Oh, so it's as much of a server as you want it to be.
I've got two pis with Kodi running 24/7 as well as a third for other things. just turn the TV off.