Articles tagged “Phantom Power”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Focus Earth's Fact or Fiction, Vol. 1 By Team Planet Green IN Aug 6 2008 If an appliance is off, it's not using power -Fiction. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, up to 20 percent of Americans' power bill is from running appliances already switched off. Dubbed "vampire power," or standby power, appliances such... + READ MORE

Did You Know? By Brian Merchant IN Home & Garden Jul 17 2008 You might not be able to see it, and it may sound more like some looming threat in a Star Trek episode than mundane daily electrical drain, but phantom energy is a very real hazard to both the environment and your electricity bill. + READ MORE

Great Green Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 Instead of buying wasteful and expensive wrapping paper for your presents, pull out the most colorful ads and articles from old magazines, tape them together, and then use this homemade wrapping paper to wrap the gift. + READ MORE

I've Only Got A Minute By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, the relaxed family dwelling in Aspen proves that eco-smart choices can be super-convenient. Each of these incredibly easy green ideas takes just sixty seconds or less, and for a few, you don't even have to move from the chair you're sitting in right now - talk about convenient! + READ MORE

Green Your Electricity: Take Steps to Reduce Your Energy Use By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Mar 14 2008 This is the second article in a four-part series on how to green your electricity. Finally, you can reduce your electricity consumption by reducing the number of electronic gadgets that keep drawing "phantom power" even when not in use (follow the previous link for more information on that topic), and you can cut down... + READ MORE

Save Energy by Avoiding Phantom Power: Part 2 By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Nov 26 2007 As we mentioned in Part I of this miniseries on phantom power, many gadgets, electronic devices and appliances draw power even when they're switched off or not in use, just by being plugged in. It might seem not worth worrying about, but it can add up to about 10 percent of you home's energy use, or about one month of... + READ MORE

Save Energy by Avoiding Phantom Power By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Nov 5 2007 Though it's known by a laundry list of names-phantom load, idle current, vampire power and wall wart are the most common-this "phantom energy" all does the same thing: sucks extra energy from the grid into your home when you aren't looking and you don't need it.There are a handful of devices designed specifically to... + READ MORE