National Electrical Safety Month, which takes place every May, despite its clunker of a name. As Consumer Reports found in “Hazard in Aisle 5,” an excellent investigative story from a few years back, “Dangerous products that violate federal safety standards are finding their way onto store shelves as U.S. authorities struggle, and often fail, to protect you.”
Ask any homeowner who's savvy about conserving household energy and you might hear them talk about "vampire electronics." Although that eerie-sounding term can create problems that haunt your house, solving those problems really isn't that scary. Vampire electronics refers to those household appliances and devices that suck energy, even when you think they are turned off. So, if you want to keep your energy consumption in check, it's important that you identify these creatures and drive a stake through their power-hungry hearts.
Ask any homeowner who's savvy about conserving household energy and you might hear them talk about "vampire electronics." Although that eerie-sounding term can create problems that haunt your house, solving those problems really isn't that scary. Vampire electronics refers to those household appliances and devices that suck energy, even when you think they are turned off. So, if you want to keep your energy consumption in check, it's important that you identify these creatures and drive a stake through their power-hungry hearts.