Do you know what is secretly sucking up power in your house?

When you shut your TV and cable off at night, they’re still sucking up power. 

That’s because they’re in standby mode. According to the L.A. Times, together, all of our cable boxes consume as much electricity as produced by four giant nuclear reactors, running around the clock. They have become the biggest single energy user in many homes, apart from air conditioning. 

You’ve probably got some other notorious phantom or vampire energy suckers running. The next biggest offenders after the Cable and DVR box are notebook computers, inkjet printers, cable modems and cordless phones.