Although some household appliances can turn off automatically, some can continue to draw power if you don’t unplug them. One device in particular turns out to be particularly energy-intensive.
It’s a fairly well-known fact today: turned off devices can continue to consume energy. This is why manufacturers of household or high-tech appliances now offer solutions so that they turn off completely when you do not use them for a certain period. There are, however, certain tools and objects that can account for some electricity consumption, even when you think you have them turned off.
The Infobae site has identified the devices most likely to consume electricity when you are not using them. If we have already mentioned some of them on our site, the study carried out by Infobae mainly served to highlight the device which is most likely to increase your electricity bill at the end of the year. This consumption, which therefore concerns supposedly extinct objects, is generally referred to as “vampiric”. This can include many appliances like fridges, toasters, chargers, etc.
But the device with the most vampire consumption according to the Infobae site study is more advanced. This is connected television, also called “smart TV”. According to the study, a connected TV is likely to consume between 0.5 and 3 watts even when it is turned off. To compare, this can represent between 2.5 and 5% of the consumption of this same TV when you turn it on and use it. The reason is simple: a connected TV will sometimes perform certain operations when it is on standby, such as searching for updates or any other action requiring it to remain connected to the internet.
You may say to yourself that it’s not much, but you should add this vampire consumption to all the others in your home. According to the study, the vampire consumption of your turned off – but not unplugged – devices can represent 20% of the total electric bill you receive at the end of the year.
The simplest method to reduce your electricity consumption is to simply unplug your electrical appliances when you are not using them. This is especially true if you have “smart” or internet-connected devices such as a smart TV or other everyday device that may perform tasks in the background when you are not using it.