Now let’s talk about the blame-shifting campaign behind “vampire power”, as if your coffee maker or tv using .5 watt on standby is going to make such a big difference that we need changes to its design.
To be fair, some devices sit there drawing a lot of power. I saw close to 50w while my (mostly sourced from Goodwill) AV setup was plugged in and “off” and quickly started turning off the power strip they were all plugged into after seeing that
Vampire power used to be a big deal. If you have any old time power supplies that feel solid and heavy, they’re analog, transformers, and used significantly more power. While it was little compared to the appliance, it would always draw power and that adds up as we got more devices.
Yep.
Now let’s talk about the blame-shifting campaign behind “vampire power”, as if your coffee maker or tv using .5 watt on standby is going to make such a big difference that we need changes to its design.
To be fair, some devices sit there drawing a lot of power. I saw close to 50w while my (mostly sourced from Goodwill) AV setup was plugged in and “off” and quickly started turning off the power strip they were all plugged into after seeing that
Vampire power used to be a big deal. If you have any old time power supplies that feel solid and heavy, they’re analog, transformers, and used significantly more power. While it was little compared to the appliance, it would always draw power and that adds up as we got more devices.
My old ISP-supplied cable box/DVR would be pretty toasty when it was on standby. That thing was vampire for sure.
Now, my phone charger, not so much.