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How Can We Save Electricity Drawing?

Is it true that you can save $ by unplugging appliances?

  • I have heard that if I unplugged my tv, stereo, alarm clocks, lamps and other household items, I can save money on my electric bill every month. This would mean that even when these items are turned off, they are still drawing electricity.

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    Unfortunately, this is true. Given, for most of those appliances, it's not going to be a sufficient amount of energy you use when they're still plugged in, like lamps and such. Try unplugging things you don't really use, like that third lamp in the room that you don't need, or a clock that you don't ever use. Here's a tip. If you have a cell phone charger, DEFINITELY unplug that when you're done with it. Appliances like those keep charging, whether or not something is attached to the end of it, which uses a lot of electricity. A study shows that you will save 4 dollars per month for every cell phone charger you unplug when it isn't being used. The same goes for things like battery and lap top chargers too.

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Yes and no.. some items, like LCD clocks or similiar displays use such little power that a positive result is hardly worth the physical enegy of turning them off and on daily. Other appliances like a fridge for instance will run off and on all night to maintain a constant temp. But when you turn them off they cool down and when you plug them in they will run constantly until they reach the operating temperature again so all you really got was semi defrosted food. You can, however, lower (raise actually) the operating temperature and have a slight savings. BUT some tv's have an 'instant on' feature that keeps the TV 'warmed up' by keeping power to some elements. Unplugging that does not have the same effect as a fridge and will save you a few bucks. But a better source of saving is in the big users of power. Shift your light bulbs from incandencent to flourescent. Instead of heating your whole house.. just heat the rooms you are using. Or, if you must heat the whole thing, invest in a setback thermostat.,.(that one will save you some serious change). Solar water heating is simple to construct if you have a well positioned roof.. a few coils of black pipe and a pinch valve and you can save more then a few $ on your water heating bill and the materials will cost you under $50 or so. hope that helps a bit.. .

ca_surveyor

yes. anything with a stanby mode or a clock draws electricity. so turning these appliances off at the wall will save power

wildbee

up to 10% of your electricity account is used on stand by items.

dirtyoldman

Yes they do. They have to use a minimal amount of power to keep up with date/time and to be able to sense the remote control's "on" signal. Computers have a battery to store this info. If you are out of town for a week or two, you might build up some savings, but if you use this stuff every day, it might not pay off much.

Rob C

NO NEED to unplug, just switch off the switch on the wall. The reason they are still drawing electricity is because they are in "Standby Mode" (and NOT completely switched-off). Think about this:- How does the tiny red light on appliances such as TV, DVD, VCD, etc, brightened up if not by using electricity?

Allan Singapore

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