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Energy Smarts
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the September 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Unplug electronics when they're not in use.
Disconnect Your Appliances

Let's start with a no-cost step. About 75 percent of the energy consumed by home appliances occurs while they're turned off but still plugged in. Unplug everything in your house that doesn't need to be connected full-time, or plug cords in to surge protectors, which can be flipped on as needed.
Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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