Top Stealth Home Energy Hogs!

Front view of network wired routerIn Forbes magazine, William Pentland says, “The relentless rise of electricity prices over the past decade has made many consumers more conscientious about how they use electric power. Many of those conscientious people may find it frustrating – to put it mildly – that their daily or even hourly efforts to turn off devices they’re not using hasn’t delivered the results they’d expected. The blame belongs to the growing number of “vampire” or “phantom” electronic products that populate today’s typical home. An alarmingly large number of electrical products cannot be truly turned off without being unplugged. These “vampire” products draw power 24 hours a day, whether on or off. See the article for a list of 26 electrical products that consume the most juice while they’re off.