Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something).
Here's a graphic showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you - assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour.
(via LikeCOOL)
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Consider this -- electric vampires, the same electronics and devices Karen mentions in this article, waste $256 BILLION a year in lost energy and equates to 3.3 TRILLION lbs of C02 emissions in the US alone! Vampire energy loss is when an electronic or mechanical device, such as a cell phone charger, continue to consume energy when the device is off or not performing its primary function. Check this out - in 1980, consumer electronics consumed 3% of an average US home’s energy costs. Today, that number is around 15%. By 2020, it is forecast to be 30% and 60% in 2030 if nothing is done. Vampire Labs has solved this problem! Check us out at www.vampirelabs.com
Don't understand what "active standby" means in relation to a plasma TV or game console.
Active standby is when the device appears to be powered off, but there are parts of it that are powered on and doing stuff.
In a plasma TV, for example, some of the circuitry is scanning for a signal from the remote control (e.g., the "power" button).
Some computers connected to networks will continue to read incoming network traffic and "wake up" when the right command is sent.
It sure takes a lot of energy for that plasma TV to look for the remote!
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