The energy consumption of your Swisscom devices

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This page provides information about the electrical energy consumption of Swisscom devices. The Help section contains useful tips on how you can save energy and do your bit for the environment and climate.

Swisscom blue TV

Select your TV-Box for more information about its energy consumption.


Energy consumption Swisscom Box 21

Operational mode Power consumption in watts
POn 4.7W
PStandby 2.1W
PAPD 2.1W
PDeep Standby 0.3W
Off 0.03W
Annual power consumption 22.67kWh/Jahr

Energy consumption Swisscom Box

Operational mode Power consumption in watts
POn 5.1W
PStandby 2.9W
PAPD 2.9W
Off 0.06W
Annual power consumption 29.02kWh/Jahr

Energy consumption TV-Box (UHD)

Operational mode Power consumption in watts
POn 5.7W
PStandby 2.4W
PAPD 2.4W
Off 0.06W
Annual power consumption 26.4kWh/Year

Energy consumption TV-Box (HD)

Operational mode Power consumption in watts
POn 5.35W
PStandby 3.8W
PAPD 3.8W
Off 0.00W
Annual power consumption 35.83kWh/Year

Internet router

Discover the electrical energy consumption of your Internet-Box.


Energy consumption Internet-Box 4

Status Fibre-optic connection
(XGS-PON / 10Gbit/s)
Fibre-optic connection
(BX / 1Gbit/s)
Standby mode WLAN active, no devices connected 8.3W
8.9W
Normal operating modeWLAN active and data transmission
from connected devices
9.6W
10.3W
OFF < 0.06W

* Normal operating mode:
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.
1 Davos HD phone on the DECT base station.
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Technical information of the power adaptor

Energy consumption Internet-Box 3

Status Fibre-optic connection
10 Gbit/s 
Fibre-optic connection
VDSL connection
Standby mode WLAN active, no devices connected 9.3W
9.6 W 10.6W
Normal operating modeWLAN active and data transmission
from connected devices
10.1W
10.9 W 11.6W
OFF < 0.06W

* Normal operating mode:
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.
1 Davos HD phone on the DECT base station.
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Technical information of the power adaptor

Energy consumption Internet-Box 2

Status Fibre-optic connection
VDSL connection
Standby mode WLAN active, no devices connected 9.8W
10.1W
Normal operating mode*
WLAN active and data transmission
from connected devices
10.8W
11.3W
OFF 0.05W

* Normal operating mode:
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.
1 Davos HD phone on the DECT base station.
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Technical information of the power adaptor

Energy consumption Internet-Box plus

Status Central storage turned off
Central storage turned on
(SD card inserted)

Standby no data transfer
10.08 W 12.78 W
Normal service* with data transfer
10.68 W 13.29 W
Off < 0.14 W

* Normal service: Internet Box connected to fibre optic port.
Each wireless device connected to the 2.4 GHz wi-fi, and to the 5 GHz wi-fi, each used to watch a Youtube video. 1 HD Phone Montreux on DECT base station. 1 TV Box connected by Ethernet cable and a TV channel with HD resolution on.

Energy consumption Internet-Box standard

Status fibre-optic connection
VDSL connection
Standby no data transfer
9.68 W
10.15 W
Normal service* with data transfer 10.52 W
10.8 W
Off < 0.08 W

* Normal operation: 
Each WLAN device connected with 2.4 and 5GHz WLAN, both showing Youtube videos.
1 HD Phone Montreux in the DECT Base station. 1 Swisscom TV Box connected by Ethernet cable and a HD TV channel running.

Energy consumption Internet-Box light

Status Power consumption (Watt) VDSL
Standby
5.0 W
Normal service* 5.2 W
Off
< 0.14 W

* Normal operation: Connecting the Internet Box to a VDSL port.
A WLAN device connected with 2.4 WLAN, showing a Youtube video.
1 HD Phone Montreux in the DECT Base station.
1 TV Box connected by Ethernet cable and a HD TV channel running.

Energy consumption Internet-Booster 5G

Status Energy consumption (watt)
Idle State 4.5 W
On State 8 W
Max power consumption 11 W  


Energy consumption Centro Business 3.0

Status Fibre-optic connection
XGS-PON
Fibre-optic connection
G.Fast-connection
Standby mode WLAN active, no devices connected 8.0 W
9.6 W 9.7W
Normal operating modeWith 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching one Youtube-Stream.
1 HD phone on the DECT base station (CB2.0) or 1 FXS Phone connected (CB3.0)
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.
9.2 W
11.4 W 11 W
OFF < 0.07W

* Normal operating mode:
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.
1 Davos HD phone on the DECT base station.
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.

Energy consumption Centro Business 2.0

Status Power consumption copper Power consumption fibre
Standby no data transfer
9.2 W
7.8 W
Normal operation* With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching one Youtube-Stream.
1 HD phone on the DECT base station (CB2.0) or 1 FXS Phone connected (CB3.0)
1 TV-Box with Ethernet cable connection and television channel with HD resolution in operation.
9.7 W
8.2 W
Off 0.1 W

* The “normal operation” consumption figures are based on use of the following devices: the Centro Business 2.0 is connected to a corresponding Swisscom copper or fibre-optic connection. Separate WLAN devices are connected to the 2.4 and 5 GHz WLANs, each playing a YouTube video. A Nyon HD phone is connected to the DECT base station, a Swisscom TV Box is connected via Ethernet cable and an HD TV channel is on. No Internet Backup sticks are being used.

Energy consumption Centro Business 1.0

Status Power consumption copper Power consumption fibre
Standby no data transfer
8.2 W
8.0 W
Normal operation* with data transfer 8.7 W
8.5 W
Off 0.2 W

* The “normal operation” consumption figures are based on use of the following devices: the Centro Business 2.0 is connected to a corresponding Swisscom copper or fibre-optic connection. Separate WLAN devices are connected to the 2.4 and 5 GHz WLANs, each playing a YouTube video. A Nyon HD phone is connected to the DECT base station, a Swisscom TV Box is connected via Ethernet cable and an HD TV channel is on. No Internet Backup sticks are being used. For the Centro Business 1.0, no 5 GHz WLAN or DECT base station are used.

Home networking accessories

Additional home networking equipment also requires electricity. Select your device to find out its energy consumption.


Energy consumption WLAN-Box 3

Status WLAN connection
Ethernet connection 
Standby mode no end devices connected
7.0 W 6.7 W
Normal operating mode*
Data transmission from connected terminals
7.3 W 7.1 W
OFF 0.07 W

* Normal operating mode: 
WLAN-Box is connected to Internet-Box (WLAN backbone or Ethernet backbone)
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Technical information about the power adaptor

Energy consumption WLAN-Box 2

Status WLAN connection
Ethernet connection 
Standby mode no end devices connected
4.9W
4.1W
Normal operating mode*
Data transmission from connected terminals
5.2W
5.1W
OFF 0.05W

* Normal operating mode: 
WLAN-Box is connected to Internet-Box (WLAN backbone or Ethernet backbone)
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Technical information of the power adaptor

Energy consumption WLAN-Box

Status WLAN connection
Ethernet connection 
Standby mode no end devices connected
5.51W
5.56W
Normal operating modeData transmission from connected terminals 6.15W
6.47W
OFF 0.086W

* Normal operating mode: 
WLAN-Box is connected to Internet-Box (WLAN backbone or Ethernet backbone)
With 1 WLAN device connected to each 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN connection, both watching blue TV.

Additional electrical energy consumption figures (readings taken in accordance with legal requirements)

Energy consumption Smart Switch

Status Energy consumption (watt)
Normal service 1.4 W*
Off 0.9 W*

*  Only refers to the energy consumption of the switch. The total power consumption depends on the connected device.

Energy consumption Internet-Booster

Status Energy consumption (watt)
Standby
5.53 W
Normal service* 6.7 W
Off
0.047 W  

Technical information of the power adaptor


Energy consumption Internet-Booster 5G

Status Energy consumption (watt)
Idle State 4.5 W
On State 8 W
Max power consumption 11 W