Power that does not Empower

Power that does not Empower

FIGHT VAMPIRE POWER THAT HURTS UR WALLET

What's this Vampire Power on loose? And Where?

Right at every doorstep, your footstep in front of your nose! Omnipresent! The monster that this Vampire is hurts your wallet no end and harms the environment too.

The monster has many names - vampire power, standby power or phantom power and works day and night entirely through your electrical outlets. The only way and easy way to stop him eating into your pockets is to pull out quite a few plugs.

The waste of electricity with gadgets plugged in even when switched off is enormous. The vampire power cost for a city may run into millions. For home enough to hurt your pocket. Almost 25 percent of electricity use or more are accounted for as ghost load by your home electronic appliances while the products are off.

1. Cell phone charger when plugged in even if it is not charging.

2. Idle Microwaves and televisions when plugged in actually consume more electricity during the hours they're not in use than the times they are actually in use.

3. Computers with accessories are huge vampire power offenders. You may wish them off in Standby mode with less use of power, but that still hurts your pocket and you can't escape also the ghost of wasted electricity.

4. Many AC adapters waste as much as 50 percent of the power they use.

5. A certain amount of standby power is unavoidable, especially with major appliances or other devices that are impractical to turn off. But this doesn't mean vampire power can't be kept to a minimum.

VAMPIRE-FIGHTING TACTICS

If you're not using an electronic device, unplug it -- that's the blanket approach to fighting vampire power.

You can make this step even easier with a surge protector or power strip. Plug multiple items in the strip and simply turn it off when you're not using the devices. If the strip is off, you don't have to worry about leaking electricity.

Many electronic devices waste power in standby mode due to poor design. Purchase energy-efficient products and you'll waste less electricity on standby functions.

Some power strips such as the Smart Strip Power Strip feature a master-slave arrangement, similar to the set up of many electronic devices. If you aren't using your computer, why have power traveling to your speakers, printer and other accessories? The smart strip lets you designate one device as the "master" and several secondary devices as "slaves". If the master device is off or drawing only standby power, then the slave outlets don't get any power either.

HUMAN - ELECTRIC
TO KNOW THE PAINS OF POWER, WE MUST GO TO THOSE WHO HAVE IT; TO KNOW ITS PLEASURES, WE MUST GO TO THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING IT. >> THE PAINS OF POWER ARE REAL; ITS PLEASURES IMAGINARY ………Colton