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Bill Machrone of PC Magazine decided to investigate how much power his gadgets were consuming when turned off or not in use. He found 80 watts were in use even though all of his devices were not in use. At 876 kilowatt-hours per year, the powered down gadgets account for over 9 percent of Bill’s yearly electric bill. (via Engadget)

• Cable box — 15 watts

• Small three-piece speaker system — 6 watts

• Larger three-piece speaker system — 12 watts

• Router — 6 watts

• Cable modem — 7.5 watts

• Laptop charger — 2.5 watts

• iPod charger — 0.6 watts

• HP OfficeJet multifucntion printer — 7 watts

• 19-inch Dell Trinitron display — 6 watts

• HP Pavillion desktop — 6 watts