Electronics & Office electricity costs
Individually small, collectively significant - especially devices that never fully power down.
- Television $33.65/yr avg Modern LED televisions are far more efficient than plasma or older LCD sets. Screen size drives consumption more than…
- Desktop Computer $75.38/yr avg A general-purpose desktop draws 100 to 200 watts; a gaming machine with a high-end GPU can exceed 600 under load. Idle…
- Gaming Console $30.29/yr avg Current-generation consoles draw 90 to 200 watts while gaming. Rest mode is the thing to check - some configurations…
- Laptop $22.61/yr avg Laptops are dramatically more efficient than desktops, typically drawing 30 to 100 watts. Leaving one plugged in at…
- WiFi Router $16.15/yr avg Small but constant. A router running continuously all year is a genuine if modest line item, and unlike most loads…
- Computer Monitor $18.85/yr avg A typical 27-inch monitor draws 20 to 45 watts. Larger and higher-refresh displays draw more, and multi-monitor setups…
- Printer $0.84/yr avg Laser printers spike to several hundred watts during fusing but idle very low, so cost tracks pages printed rather…
- Phone Charger $1.21/yr avg Charging a phone costs a trivial amount - well under a dollar a year in most states. The "vampire draw" concern is…