Five devices silently ‘consume’ power even when turned off
Television
TV is electrical equipment common in every family. Many families arrange more than 1 television in the house. Therefore, this is one of the appliances that consume a lot of electricity in the home.
Many people, after using the TV, just turn off the device with the remote control. However, even with this turned off, TV still “consumes” electricity that you don’t even know.
When turned off by remote control, the TV only goes into standby mode and consumes a large amount of electricity to maintain that standby state. Through experiments, it was found that the TV can consume 24W per day after being turned off with the remote.
This amount of power consumption will be significantly more with televisions that integrate many modern technologies and have large sizes.
Therefore, you should get in the habit of turning off the power of the TV when not in use to “reduce” your electricity bill. When not in use for a long time, you can unplug the TV.
Phone charger
There is a fact that many people do not know, that is Charging the phone is still silently consuming power even if you are not connected to the device. On average, each phone charger consumes about 1.2W of electricity per day. This number is small, but if you add up all the phone chargers in the house, you will find yourself wasting a lot of power.
In addition, plugging in the charger in an electrical outlet continuously can shorten the life of the device, increasing the risk of electric shock. Therefore, after using, you should unplug the charger from the socket to ensure safety.
Desktops, laptops
Desktops and laptops when put to sleep, they are still active in the background. In this mode, the computer’s activity is kept to a minimum to maintain memory for RAM. In addition, the display LEDs continue to operate while in this mode.
Therefore, after using it, you should turn off the computer completely and can unplug or disconnect the computer’s power.
Charging a laptop is similar to charging a phone, it can cause power loss even when not in use.
Digital TV signal transceivers
Digital TV signal transceivers are often “forgotten” by people and never turned off. We usually only turn off the TV when not in use, but not many people turn off the digital receiver. Even if you have turned it off with the remote, this unit will continue to work. According to experts, this device can cost 22 USD in electricity per year.
So, just like TV, if you don’t use it for a long time, you should disconnect the power of this transceiver.
You can make an electrical outlet with a switch for your TV and TV receiver. After using them, turn them off with the remote and then turn off the power switch. Do not suddenly disconnect the power of these devices because this will shorten their life and increase the risk of fire.
Air conditioning
Air conditioner is one of the most energy consuming appliances in the house. Many people don’t know that these devices still consume a significant amount of power after you turn them off with the remote.
When turned off by remote, the device is only put into standby state. This makes restarting the device faster and doesn’t take much time. An air conditioner in standby can consume as much electricity as a light bulb.
Therefore, in order not to “throw money through the window”, you should disconnect the power to the air conditioner when not in use. This also helps to maintain the durability and prolong the life of the air conditioner.
In order for the air conditioner to work effectively, without consuming a lot of electricity, you also need to pay attention to periodic cleaning of the air conditioner.
(According to Healthy and Beautiful)
Some familiar electrical appliances still consume a large amount of power even when turned off. Mistakes in the use of electrical appliances lead to an extra monthly electricity bill.
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