Halloween may be over, but if you’re like most everyone else, there’s probably “vampires” still in your home and they may not be sucking blood from anything, but they are sucking money out of your wallet.  Vampires, phantom loads, or standby power are what all those black boxes that most electronic components plug into are called, because in many cases they will continue to draw power regardless of whether the device is on or not.  As I sit in my office and look around I am a bit reluctant to say that I can count 19 of them in this room alone!  let me caveat this by saying that there are two people working here, not just me.  Here’s a list: Read More