Apparatus that decreasing standby power of electronic appliance and receptacle

摘要

Disclosed are an apparatus, a system and a method for reducing standby power of an electronic appliance, and an apparatus for reducing standby power of an electrical outlet. The apparatus for reducing the standby power of the electronic appliance includes: a starting switch connected to an external power source for providing power from the external power source to the electronic appliance through a first channel, operating the electronic appliance by providing an operation signal for operating the electronic appliance to the electronic appliance, and disconnecting the external power source connected through the first channel; and a power hold switch device connected to the electronic appliance through a second channel, the power hold switch device providing power from the external power source to the electronic appliance through the second channel when receiving a power hold control signal provided by the operating electronic appliance, and disconnecting power provided by the external power source through the second channel when receiving no power hold control signal. As a result, with only one switch operation, the electronic appliance is connected to a power source, and operates at the same time. When a computer (i.e. the electronic appliance) changes from an operating state to a standby state, the power is automatically disconnected from the computer, so that the computer changes to a non-power consuming state. Accordingly, the standby power of the computer is cut by minimizing the standby state thereof, so that it can be minimized.