While some household appliances can turn off automatically, some can continue to consume energy if you don't unplug them. One appliance in particular is proving to be particularly energy-hungry.
It's a fairly well-known fact today: appliances that are turned off can continue to consume energy. This is why manufacturers of household appliances or high-tech devices now offer solutions so that they turn off completely when you do not use them for a certain period of time. However, there are certain tools and objects that can represent a certain amount of electricity consumption, even when you think you have turned them off.
The Infobae website has listed the devices most likely to consume electricity when you are not using them. While we have already mentioned some of them on our site, the study conducted by Infobae mainly served to highlight the device that is most likely to increase your electricity bill at the end of the year. This consumption, which therefore concerns objects that are supposedly turned off, is generally referred to as “vampiric”. This can include many appliances such as fridges, toasters, chargers, etc…
But the device with the most vampire consumption according to the study of the Infobae site is more advanced. It is the 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. For comparison, 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 some operations when it is in standby, such as checking for updates or any other action requiring it to remain connected to the Internet.
You may think that this is not much, but it is worth adding this vampire consumption to all the others in your home. According to the study, the vampire consumption of your devices that are turned off – but not unplugged – can represent 20% of the total electricity bill that you receive at the end of the year.
The simplest method to reduce your electricity consumption is therefore to simply unplug your electrical devices when you are not using them. This is especially true if you have “smart” or connected devices. internet like a smart TV or other everyday device that might be running tasks in the background when you're not using it.