I may be saving power, but is it reducing the efficency of the appliance? Need to know!
2006-07-14 00:15:47 · 7 answers · asked by miranda 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
No problem. You can unplug as often as you'd like. You are saving a tiny bit of money. Most appliances use some energy when plugged in. You can also buy a meter that you can plug the appliance into to see how much power it uses when it is not running. Here is an example:
http://cableorganizer.com/electricity-power-meter/
I would figure it costs about 12 cents per mega watt hour. So if the reading is 10 watts. It would cost you almost 3 cents per day to leave the microwave plugged in. Can you afford that?
10 watts X 24 hours /1000 (Watts per megawatt) * .12 = .028
2006-07-14 00:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Westport 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really but in some cases, you're just waisting more power turning an appliance on and off instead of just letting run
2006-07-14 07:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by jirachii 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by swiching your power on and of is actually not saving it as it takes so much to start it agin and it is also not good for the appliance, however with computers it is best to keep it on and running just turn the monitor off.
2006-07-14 07:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by peanuts 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The appliance is built pretty robust.
2006-07-14 07:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regularly?... You mean like several times a minute?... that can play hell with your refridgerator.
2006-07-14 07:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by fiveamrunner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naaa i wouldent worry about it
2006-07-14 07:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by james m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-14 07:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋