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modern world depends on the constant and steady flow of
electricity. A stream of electrons that light a 21st-century
hearth of TV’s, appliances, chargers, and devices of all kinds
that inhabit our daily lives. With the constantly available flow
of electricity comes what is colloquially called vampire loads,
arousing images of energy-sucking demons skulking through the
night. The more technically accurate (and much less colorful)
term is Standby Power. Standby Power generally means the minimum
power an appliance consumes while plugged in and either “off,
doing nothing, or not doing its primary function. Standby is the
new “off” from when I was a boy. Now there’s an official
international coalition of gove