Ever heard how much electricity is being used just by leaving your chargers plugged in?
Neither have I, but I told it's been significant enough that people are installing "home switches".
Here's what an electrician calculated about this "vampire consumption" that's all the rage these days.
Food for thought.One of the latest examples of sloppy journalism is vampire power consumption. Apparently my TV is ruining the environment due to it consuming massive amounts of power on standby. I must unplug my cell phone charger, TV, DVD player when I am not using it. If I don't I will melt the ice caps and destroy the world.
I did some quick measurements and the math. My cell phone charger uses 54 micro amps while charging and 5 micro amps plugged in without the phone. If I leave my cell charger plugged in it will take 24 years for it to use one penny. My 50” plasma consumes 1.43 cents on standby in 30 days. My Wii and DVD player each use 1.21 cents a month. If you were so thoughtless to leave one million cell chargers plugged in it would cost $35.85 on your monthly electric bill.