Put your utility company on a diet

If you were wondering how much it’s costing you to run your TV when it looks like it’s off, you can use an energy meter to watch the idle consumption.  A condition sometimes called, “vampire power consumption.”  I ran across this homemade do-it-yourself energy meter, the EnerJar.  but if you’re not handy with a soldering iron, you can purchase a Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Meter from Amazon.