TV, mobile charger and routers secretly do electricity theft, ‘ghost current’ is increasing your electricity bill

New Delhi. Today there is hardly a house that does not have electricity. Now if there is electricity, there will also be equipment like TV, fridge, cooler-pure to computer and microwave. In the absence of use, we stop them by pressing the button with the pelg. Someone takes the blessings to remove the prest. You will be surprised to know that when the electronic appliances of your house are closed, but they are connected to the plug, then they constantly suck electricity. Their energy consumption is so much that they increase the power consumption of the house by 5% -10% throughout the year. Because this consumption is not visible to you directly, it has been named “ghost” or “Phantom” energy. It is also called standby power.

Phantom Energy or Standby Energy is the electricity that keeps consuming in the plug even when the equipment is closed. Tools like TV, mobile charger, microwave, computer and gaming console are also sucking electricity even when it is closed. These electricity mainly pull for clock, LED light, power supply or network sensor.

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How much power does standby power consume?

According to experts, Phantom Energy can range from 5 to 10% of the total consumption of the house. For example, a smart TV can even eat electricity up to 40 watt even though it, while ordinary charger can draw a display of 0.2 to 0.5 watt microwave from 3 to 7 watts and gaming console from 10 to 20 watts. A study conducted by the Barkle Lab for the US Energy Department in California found that 10 houses ranged from Standby Power i.e. Phantom Energy from 14 Watt to 169 Watt. That is, on an average, 67 watts were being consumed in every house. This ranged from 5% to 26% of the annual power consumption of homes.

Research also revealed that the difference of standby power is very high among the equipment offering the same type of service. This means that companies can make equipment that can make very little electricity if they are closed. In a test of Howtogeeek, some smart TVs consumed 14W power in standby in a day. Similarly, a research conducted in Brazil revealed that even after the TV set-top box is closed, there is about 9.2W power.

They do the most power consumption

Tools like smart TV, mobile phone charger, router/network device, TV set-top boxes, printers, computers have the highest consumption of standby energy. Although they eat very little electricity, but it has a big impact throughout the month and a year. Suppose 10 devices are continuously on standby, then they can eat hundreds of units of electricity annually. As a result, the electricity bill of the house can increase by 5 to 10%.