Biggest Vampire in your Home: Cable Box

Vampire Cable Box

By now you’ve probably heard about vampire energy loads (also known as standby power).  I’m sure you’ve seen the articles on news sites or environmental sites describing how much energy vampire loads consume.  And if everyone in the world would just unplug their vampire loads we’d save  bazillions of kWh’s and prevent … continue reading

TV TrickleSaver by TrickleStar: A cost analysis

TrickleSaver

Engadget recently posted an article on the TV TrickleSaver by TrickleStar. The purpose of the device is to cut off the standby power (a.k.a. vampire load) to your gaming systems attached to your TV. So when you turn off the TV, the TrickleSaver cuts off any standby power to your … continue reading

Attacking Standby (Vampire or Phantom) Loads

I want to suck your Watts!

Standby power refers to the electrical power an appliance draws just by being plugged into the outlet. This is also referred to as “vampire” or  “phantom” load because the appliance is just sucking power from your wall (and money from your wallet).

Just about all … continue reading