Here are some common energy vampires to look for around your home.
What’s an Energy Vampire?
While nobody wants to just outright waste power, energy vampires aren’t always as bad as they seem.
How Can You Identify Energy Vampires?
Curious about power consumption?
Use this handy little meter to measure how much energy your devices and appliances use.
Curious about power consumption? Use this handy little meter to measure how much energy your devices and appliances use.
They still use a chunk of energy, but thankfully theirenergy consumption has improved over the years.
Newer video game consoles, however, are sneaky energy vampires.
That comes at the cost of 10-15 watts of standby power.
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The same thing goes for soundbars.
7-10W idle standby power is pretty normal, with older models often using more.
That could easily be 100W or more.
Sleep mode will push the phantom load up to anywhere from 2-5W.
Printer standby power can vary wildly depending on the size and age of your printer.
By unplugging devices you’re not using, you might easily shave $100 (or more!)
off your electric bill every year.
