The average age of VCRs was 6 years. Monitors, speakers, modems and printers often have off mode consumption which is significant, many with up to 10 Watts or more in off mode. Most computers are less than 2 years old and few were purchased prior to 1996. As such, standby in off mode is likely to increase in computers. White Goods Clothes washer ownership was found to be 0.95 per house.
Ownership is considered to be saturated with very little or no market growth.
Clothes dryer ownership was found to be 0.53 per house. As with clothes washers, ownership is saturated with little or no market growth. Dishwasher ownership was found to be 0.31 per house. Ownership is increasing slowly. The stock average for off mode was 2.0W for clothes washers, 0.5W for dishwashers and 0.4W for clothes dryers - all appear to be increasing.