Abstract: Nowadays, all kinds of household appliances are becoming more and more popular in people's homes, bringing a lot of convenience to people's lives and improving people's living standards. In daily life, after finishing work on household appliances that are frequently used, most people are accustomed to turning off household appliances with remote control functions, such as air conditioners and televisions. In the environment where the country advocates energy conservation, low carbon, environmental protection and energy shortage, the standby power consumption of household appliances has become an urgent problem that all countries in the world need to face and solve together. Standby power and shutdown power are two important indicators of the energy efficiency labeling system. Correctly testing the standby power and shutdown power of home appliances has an important role in the implementation of the energy efficiency labeling system and subsequent supervision. Discusses the test of standby power and shutdown power from the aspects of measuring instrument influence, product under test, and measuring instrument connection.

Key words: Home Appliances, Standby power, Off-mode power, Power factor