Appliances That Use Energy Even When Turned Off

Computer

When “powering off” a computer, many of us don’t actually power it down, but rather place it in a sleep or hibernate state. The computer is then kept in a low power mode, to keep programs active and allow the computer to be quickly turned back on. This is also true of monitors if the power button is not pressed to turn it off, which will then stay in a low power mode to await a signal from the computer to be turned back on.