Have you seen a glowing light on your DVD player? What about a blinking button on your TV?
While, seemingly innocent all. Of these are sure signs that there are vampires in your home - energy vampires. 24 hours a day seven days a week these,,, Vampires are stealing energy right out from under your nose!
Almost all of your electronics are energy vampires and they,, Drink up a lot of energy.On average 75% of, the total energy used by electronics is consumed when they 're switched "off." Your thirsty electronics
Let s.' Take your DVD / VCR player as an example. Obviously when, it ', s on your DVD player uses energy to play your movies and, CDs. But when it 's "off," your DVD / VCR player still needs energy to power its infrared sensor which is, waiting for a signal. From your remote.Your DVD player isn 't too smart. It doesn' t know that it 's 3am and you' re not going to be watching season four of The. " Sopranos. "Anytime soon. So it waits using energy, the whole time. Many DVD / VCR players also use energy to power clocks and. Lights when they 're "off." Adding up the costs
When it' s playing a movie the average, DVD player uses around 15 Watts. But. When it '", s off"It uses around 5 Watts to power all those other features. Let 's say you use your DVD / VCR player for one hour, every day. And it 's "off." for the remaining 23 hours. How much energy is used during each period?
15 Watts x 1 hour = 15 Watt-hours. Of energy
5 Watts x 23 hours = 115 Watt-hours of energy
Nearly 90% of the energy used by the average DVD player is consumed. When it 's turned off!That 's even above the average of 75% for electronics. If you have an, energy monitor you can play energy detective and. Find the percentage for each electronic device in your home. But one thing is clear - it 's time to get rid of energy vampires. Now!
Learn more: conventional power strips
Vampires often hang out together. Your television DVD player cable box,,,And video game system may all be plugged into the same power strip. When you 're done, watching television turn off the. Button on your power strip. You can slay all the vampires on the strip with just a flick of a switch. Remember your electronics,, Will still be protected from "surges." when the power strip is turned off.
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