Energy Drain?

I have read and seen articles about this – now I am going to test this to see if in fact it is true.

They state that in our homes there are a ton of small steps (besides changing your light bulbs) that we can take to help reduce our electric bills. So this being the first day of July, let’s start with something easy. It shouldn’t even take 10 minutes to do.

Phantom Energy Loads - We all have a bunch of little things plugged in all the time. Like our Coffee Pot. We can set it to automatically turn off if we forget but apparently they say that even when it is off – It is still using Electricity?! The majority of Electrical Devices pull what is called a phantom or vampire load when it’s off.

Are you a Technology junkie, like me? This will probably help the most then. Let’s take a look at some things we often forget about because these items can be as much as 5% of your Energy bill.

* Ipod Charger
* Laptop Charger
* Cell Phone Charger
* TV’s in rooms that we don’t use
* Cable Boxes
* Coffee Pots
* Toasters
* Chargers for Electric Drills or other tools
* Electric Toothbrushes or Razors

In an average family of 4 with Technology based items being popular, with 4 cell phones and 4 Ipods, it is pulling quite a bit of energy. Before you leave the house, just go unplug all of them.

To learn a little more about Phantom Energy Loads, here is a short article on Treehugger about it.

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