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Sure, you may have trained yourself and your family to turn off the lights when you leave a room, but turn off the lights and look around the room before you leave. How many digital clocks are keeping time? How many little red or green lights are glowing at you, showing that the power is on to that VCR or DVD or CD player? Yes, the power is on, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. At least those culprits shed light on their power usage. Other culprits lurk in the dark.

Instant-on appliances and televisions that displays a picture at the push of one button keep themselves prepared to perform with a small stream of current. Any appliance that uses a touchpad instead of push buttons draws a small stream of current through the touchpad, waiting to sense a touch. Small streams flow together into rivers and the rivers can swell to burst the dam of your budget.

Stopping the Stream: No Cost Involved - Even before you switch from incandescent to compact fluorescent bulbs, you can begin saving energy without spending money.

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