Britons are being warned of the vampire appliances which consume the most energy when left in standby mode. Unplugging appliances when not in use may be able to help families save a huge amount of money heading into the winter months.
vampires, but energy vampires. sucking electricity even when things are off. reporter: even when your plasma tv isn t on, no power going through it you still suck $64 worth of electricity out of it every year. $64. it s not the only thing. selling new york, modern family. reporter: meet victor, like you and i, he got a dvr so he can watch what he wants when he wants. these days i m watching a lot of game of thrones. game of thrones. reporter: not waste time. dvr is wasting more of his money than he ever dreamed. how? an average dvr went on and recording, burns 30 watts an hour. when it s not on and not recording it still burns 29 watts an hour, every hour, 24 hours a day. costing homeowners an extra $30 a year. and these are just two of the vampire appliances busy sucking electricity at night while you sleep. there is your gaming system. leave that on, and it will cost
green. sarah, what are the most surprising things, feedback when people take the energy austin daye it? what are the biggest surprises that people take away from that? well, they re surprised that they have been sitting there with their air conditioner turned, maybe, four degrees too cool and that they could get along perfectly well with changing the thermostat a couple of degrees one way or the other depending on the weather and save a whole bunch of money. another big surprise is people find that the windows are leaking or that if they just planted a shrub near a window for the hot weather or pull down the shades they could reduce their energy bills enormously. so at lot of it is just common sense, just thinking. the other part that surprises me and i catch myself to be good about this is taking the vampire appliances out of the wall. when you talk about the phone cord or the blender or the toaster that s plugged in, i