"Phantom power" the power companies are talking about

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This is the first generation tablo – unlikely the new ones vary substantionally

How much power does Tablo consume?

“That’s why we don’t recommend turning your Tablo off overnight.” —

Tablo Encourages Wasteful Power Consumption

If you turn your Tablo off overnight, it cannot perform its nightly maintenance. (According to Tablo Support one of your Tablo units hasn’t run maintenance for over a week.) And while your Tablo won’t be overrun by gremlins from missing a handful of maintenance periods, as time goes by your Tablo’s database could eventually grow too large and cause significant problems. And if you always turn your Tablo on during the busy evening watching/recording hours, you could also eventually run out of…