Tips for cutting your gadgets electricity usage
With all the furore about wastage of energy and greenhouse emmisions (and rising utility) bills we could all do with a few pointers to cut wasted energy consumption due to the many gadgets we have around the house and at work. Here are a few of the worst offenders:
Overcharging gadgets especially mobile phones and MP3 media players - Carefully read instructions about charging items and dont leave them on over night unless you have to. Apart from wasting money this can damage chargers and gadgets.
Leaving PCs and laptops on - Whether you fall asleep emailing or downloading this can be a real waste of energy and shortens the lifetime of your computer by up to 10%.
Switch off peripherals - switch off external drives, printers, scanners and USB devices while not in use, you will be suprised how much juice a relatively small device can use up when not in use!
Buy newer gadgets - Newer gadgets use a fraction of the power soaked up by bulky older gadgets.
Switch things off at the wall - Remember that larger gadgets that need mains power can still soak up the power when they look like they are sleeping!
So make the most of your gadgets, utility bills and save the planet!