Snowball Day 2: A
vampire appliance would do just this, let's break it down now, a vampire
appliance is an appliance that when off, still uses energy! This not only hurts
the environment but also empties your wallet at the end of every month. During
core module today, "greening your school and community" we learned
how you can kill these "vampires" with simple steps; first of all you
want to do is measure ALL your appliances with a measuring tool called a
Kill-a-watt meter, this tool is self explanatory, it measures the amount of
watts that the appliance uses. Once you find out how many watts your appliance
is using while on you can shut it off and also determine if that appliance is a
vampire or not. If the Kill-A-Watt meter reads energy flowing then it is a
vampire but if the meter reads zero then you are perfectly fine. A way you can
get rid of these nasty energy suckers isn't to stab them with a stake, it's to
simply unplug them, this makes it so no energy can flow into these inefficient
products. Power strips can be your best friend because it is easy to shut off
multiple outlets at once rather than unplugging each individual appliance.
Post by Green Team Student Leader, Jon
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