If it really is 'switched off', the risk is incredibly small - but given that you seem to plan to unplug virtually everything else, why not also the TV - is there an access problem?
Particularly with no water flowing, lagging will not prevent pipes freezing (if the ambient temperature gets low enough) - it will merely increase the time taken for them to freeze. However, you'd probably be pretty unlucky if the temperature remained low enough for long enough for the pipes to freeze during a 3-week absence.
I'm a bit confused. If it's really totally switched off, that's to-all-intents-and-purposes electrically the same as 'unplugged', so it's not going to help with your recordings. I thought the implication of what you wrote is that you need only the cable box (and, obviously, the recorder, if separate) operating in order to make the recordings. Is that not the case?
It's hard to be sure from what you've told us - but if the TV had to be plugged in, it would also need to be switched on, at least to 'standby' status. What is doing the recording - is there a separate recorder, one in the cable box or what?Sorry, I thought that the tv needed to plugged in the mains to records from the box. I see for your reply, it doesn't need to be. Sorry
It's hard to be sure from what you've told us - but if the TV had to be plugged in, it would also need to be switched on, at least to 'standby' status. What is doing the recording - is there a separate recorder, one in the cable box or what?Sorry, I thought that the tv needed to plugged in the mains to records from the box. I see for your reply, it doesn't need to be. Sorry
Kind Regards, John
That's what I would have expected - so you might as well unplug the TV as well as everything else. Glad it's sorted!It's a Virgin V+ Box which records onto a hard drive, but I've just tried to record with the TV switched off and it works, so the Tv doesn't have to be plugged in at all. Thanks for your help
Assuming that 'fridge' means freezer or F/F, then I think he's already thought of that one:
I may be wrong, but I think there may be some confusion about this. There is a fairly recent report knocking around (from a Fire Brigade IIRC) indicating that fires involving fridges and freezers are becoming a particular problem. However, I think this is primarily because of the consequences of burning of the insulation of these appliances and does not necessarily imply that the fires originate in the fridge/freezers.
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