The table below describes watts w consumed by each sonos product while in idle mode.
Sonos one standby power consumption.
100 hours at 80 volume.
Over a year this is about 25x24hx365 219 kwh.
In germany where 1 kwh is about 0 30 euro cent this then means about 70 euro about 100 just to maintain an i.
Sonos claim around 6 watts during standby here that s a massive difference.
It uses less electricity when idle and not actively playing music.
Sonos devices on average consume about 5 watts each if idle.
I ve a couple of questions about the product i was not able to found in the forum sorry if i miss them in case already asked answered 1 i found that power consumption of sonos play 1 is 3 8w wh.
I would like to know the power consumption in the following scenario.
Hi i m new to sonos community and going to get my first sonos play 1 very soon as christmas gift.
The always on radio drives the power consumption of sonos units in standby mode.
Sonos power consumption while idle.
Watts is a unit of power the rate at which energy is consumed not.
5462 replies 3 years ago 5 june 2017.
1 if you want to reduce your overall power consumption i would think sonos would be one of the lowest consumers and thus one of the last devices to turn off or downsize.
2 years ago 2 october 2017.
Like melvimbe world class superstar.
I want to know what the normal and maximum power consumption is for play1 play5 playbar and sub when i play.
We didn t have a sonos one for this particular test but it s likely to have similar power use to the sonos play 1.
Anyway i got the old wattage meter out and did a test and was a bit shocked to find that during idle mode standby the zp120 consumes 25 watts.
It have not a power button so is it always in a listening mode.
Sonos one is the voice controlled smart speaker for music lovers powered by alexa and available only from sonos.
Sonos move sonos one sonos one sl play 1 play 3 play 5.
Or does it go in a stand by mode if i turn off the microphone.
How much does the sonos one consume while it is not playing music.
Play1 appr 4w i need to know this because i have limited power in my apartment.
It uses 3 5 4w in standby which is relatively high if you only use your sonos every now and then.
Having 5 sonos devices around this means 25 watts on average idle consumption.
Playing music but it will depend on the volume.
Cue up and control music in every room check news and traffic manage smart devices and do everything else alexa does all with your voice and all using a single sonos speaker.
Sonos is designed to be instantly on and ready to play at a moment s notice.
11 2w at 80 volume.
When playing music it goes up to 35 40 watts which doesn t seem too high but the idle power consumption is shocking.
