Monday, October 20, 2008

Vampire Energy

Do you guys know what Vampire Energy is? If not, it's basically the energy used by all of your gadgets that you have plugged in that, while not in use, are sucking up power and, in turn, raising your electricity costs. Here's a more concise definition from Wikipedia:

"Standby power, also called vampire power, phantom load, or leaking electricity, refers to the electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby mode. A very common "electricity vampire" is a power adapter which has no power-off switch. Some such devices offer remote controls and digital clock features to the user, while other devices, such as power adapters for laptop computers and other electronic devices, consume power without offering any features."

I know, we are juvenile but phantom load made us laugh out loud. Anyway, watch this video and learn more about Vampire Energy.

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