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How to Find Vampire Electronics
Posted on Mon Jun 30 2008
Vampire electronics suck! Literally! These are electronics that use energy even when seemingly turned off or idle. CNN recently did a video report about these electronics and found that even some washing machines, when you turn them off, still suck energy. Many homes have up to 50 vampire devises. For example, a turned on DVD player uses 11.32 watts, and when it's turned off it still uses about 6 watts of energy. A home computer uses around 60 watts in standby.Check out this news piece from CNN.
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I've heard that vampire electronics still use 11% of the energy they would if they were switched on! I am pretty ruthless about unplugging everything, except the fridge of course. But I wonder if normal lamps also continue to steal energy when off?Reply
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