yea it can save some… but not much in most houses a few kwh a month at about 7 to 11 cents a kwh so you MIGHT save a dollar a month

The answers here are all over the place Yes/No/Maybe so
I have measured many appliances with a kWh meter http://www.nlcpr.com/ApplianceData.php and can tell you with certainty that the savings will be small. A TV on standby will draw about 1 watt which costs about 2 cents a week if you pay 12 cents a kWh. Digital clocks and some transformers might also waste a few pennies a week.
You might get better savings from unplugging a cable box & DVR (about 30Watts or 60 cents a week) or your computer systems when you are away.
It can get kind of silly when the savings would take years just to pay off a power strip. On the other hand, there are things that really do save a lot of power like using a low flow shower head. The largest power usage in most homes by far is heat/cooling and domestic hot water. Appliance standby power is way down at the bottom of the list.

Well for starters it’s does save money. I think the main thing to realize is it’s saving energy, which helps the environment as well as your pocket. It would be an eco friendly move on your part.
Here are a few interesting articles: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/relea…http://www.energypulse.net/centers/artic…

In an average home, 2500 sf, you could save about $30 per year, depending on how many hours you are away from home. I found good info. on http://www.entergy.com , our local power company. Check with your power provider for your area savings.

There is electricity running to appliances, even if they are off, when they are plugged in so yes it would save energy. I’m not sure if the savings on your bill would be significant but if more people did this the environment would benefit very much.

Meh, I leave everything on when I leave my house.
The environment is much stronger thanall of mankind and thinking we can alter it is preopstorous

yepp b/c the appliances plugged in will keep running energy, wether those appliances have been turned off or not.

YES it deffiently will!!

YES

no

It depends – unplugging ensures that a device is completely unpowered, regardless of standby modes or possible defective switches.
Some things are fully off when switched, but a computer switched off from the front panel will usually have standby power activated.
It may be easier to unplug than reach around the back to use the power supply switch. Equally, most LCD TVs tend to hide the main power switch in an awkward location.

Any appliance with a digital clock on it consumes at least a small amount of energy to run the clock. So a DVD player, VCR, coffee maker with delayed start, alarm clock, and so on all draw a small amount of power. For example, my coffee maker draws 2 watts continuously. Also any device that can be operated by remote control usually draws a small amount of power just waiting for you to turn it on via remote control (if it didn’t, it could never be ready to respond to the remote).
Any device that has an AC to DC or voltage converter built in may use energy even when you’re not using it. For example, cable modem, wireless router, PC speakers, printer, etc.
I once went around my house with a Kill A Watt meter (a great tool if you’re serious about saving energy – available for about $25 or some libraries lend them out) and measured the ‘phantom load’ or ‘vampire load’ of all the devices in my home and found:
- Computer display (an old one): 77 watts on, 0 watts off
- Cable modem: 7 watts
- Wireless router: 9.5 watts
- Printer power supply: 4 watts
- Speakers: 1 watt
- DVD player: 60 watts if left on and not running
- VCR player: 3.5 watts off, 100 watts on
- Breadmaker: 3 watts when off but plugged in
- Coffee mill with LED display: 1 watt
- Coffee maker as mentioned earlier: 2 watts
- Microwave: 5 watts
- Cordless phone set: 1.5 watts
- Carbon monoxide detector (plug-in): 1 watt
- Clock radio (no sound): 1 watt
- Programmable thermostat: 9 watts (required during heating season but otherwise not)
Some of the above I would turn off when not in use, such as the DVD player or computer monitor. The others you tend to leave on because it seems like they don’t draw much power. But in my case we were using over 50 watts of power continuously, 24 hours a day, on devices some of which were only used an hour a day, two hours a week, or for something like the coffee mill, one minute a day.
Now, how much would you save? let’s assume you pay $0.15 per kilowatt hour for electricity. If you have a phantom load of 50 watts (i.e. that’s how much is being used in your house by things other than the fridge and freezer when you’re not there), then each day you’ll use 24 hours x 50 watts, or 1,200 watt hours, which becomes 1.2 kilowatt hours. So at $0.15 per day you’d be paying about $0.18 per day. If you want to unplug just while on vacation, you won’t save that much – only about $1.26 for a one-week vacation.
There are two ways in which you really save. First, if you cut larger loads for shorter periods you’ll save more. For instance, an instant-on television keeps its screen warm continuously so that when you turn it on via remote the screen instantly displays brightly. Some of these burn 50 watts continuously just on their own, so that $1.26 for a week would be just to keep the TV warmed up.
Secondly, if you get rid of phantom loads as much as possible throughout the year, and year over year, the savings really add up. That $1.26 a week could become $66 a year. Try things like putting all your computer equipment on a power bar and only turning it on when you’re using the computer; unplugging kitchen and other appliances that have digital clocks on them when they’re not needed; and not leaving chargers or AC to DC converters plugged in except hen the device they are connected to is doing useful work for you.
I highly recommend getting a Kill A Watt or similar meter and figuring out for yourself how much each of your appliances uses. There is big variation between different makes and models of each appliance. Toasters, for example, as a rule never use any electricity when not toasting bread, but there is one that is touted as energy efficient (it toasts using 30% less energy than most) but it has a constant draw of about 2 watts, which means it actually wastes energy over all. A Kill A Watt meter will pay for itself in energy savings in less than a year if you do things right. Plus you’ll become an expert and can tell all your friends how much they can save too!