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My Actions This Week
  • Number of successful unplugs this week: 0
  • Number of unhelpful actions today: 0 / 3
  • Total kWh saved today: 0.00
  • Total money saved today: $0.00
  • Total lbs of CO2 prevented today: 0.00
Appliances That Can Be Measured in Whyville
Appliance Brand Off (watts) Standby (watts) On (watts)
Cell Phone Charger
Apex 0.26 2.24 3.68
Nebula 0.02 4.5 0.27
Spark 1.0 ??? 7.5
Microwave
Apex 3.08 ??? 1433.0
Nebula 1.4 1.6 ???
Spark ??? ??? 1723.0
Television
Apex 6.6 ??? 186.09
Spark 48.5 ??? 186.09
Laptop Charger
Apex 4.42 15.77 44.28
Nebula 0.15 0.82 27.38
Spark 26.4 ??? 68.9
Game System
Apex 1.01 ??? ???
Nebula 0.0 ??? 5.4
Spark 2.13 63.74 67.68
Desktop Computer
Apex 2.84 21.13 73.97
Nebula 0.0 ??? 27.5
Spark 9.21 ??? ???
Blender
Spark ??? N/A 190.0
Coffee Maker
Apex 1.14 65.0 ???
Nebula 0.0 60.0 875.0
Spark 0.0 ??? ???
Lamp
Apex 0.0 N/A 76.7
Nebula 0.0 N/A 53.6
Spark 0.0 N/A 80.5
Halogen Lamp
Apex 3.5 N/A ???
Nebula 0.0 N/A 100.0
Spark 10.0 N/A 313.0
Vacuum Cleaner
Spark 0.0 N/A 995.0
Speakers
Apex 5.6 ??? ???
Nebula 1.2 1.4 1.7
Spark 3.6 6.8 11.2
Toaster Oven
Apex ??? N/A 899.0
Nebula ??? N/A 1121.0
Radio Clock
Apex 1.1 ??? 2.95
Nebula 1.5 ??? 1.7
Spark 1.1 3.61 4.2
Boom Box
Apex 1.66 ??? 6.8
Nebula 0.7 ??? 3.96
Spark 5.44 6.83 9.2
Fan
Apex ??? N/A 57.0
Nebula 0.0 N/A 48.9
Spark ??? N/A 37.4
DVD Player
Apex 1.55 7.54 9.91
Nebula 0.0 0.24 ???
Spark 10.58 12.7 17.17
Laser Printer
Apex ??? N/A 481.9
Spark ??? N/A 1200.0
Blow Dryer
Spark ??? N/A 802.0
DVR
Nebula 0.0 15.9 ???
Spark 0.0 18.7 18.7
Cordless Phone with Answering Machine
Apex 2.92 ??? ???
Nebula ??? 2.15 2.2
Stand Mixer
Apex ??? N/A 75.0
Nebula ??? N/A 60.5
Spark ??? N/A 68.0
Pencil Sharpener
Apex 0.0 N/A ???
Nebula ??? N/A 85.4
Electric Heater
Apex 0.4 N/A 750.0
Nebula 0.0 N/A 1250.0
Spark 0.0 N/A 919.0
MP3 Player Charger
Apex 0.26 2.24 3.68
Nebula ??? ??? 0.27
Spark 1.0 4.11 ???
Router
Apex 1.6 N/A ???
Nebula ??? N/A 4.5
Spark ??? N/A 6.3

** Measure each appliance at least once to earn the Vampire Power Technician badge. **

** For every two types of appliance you measure in all their states, you will increase your salary by 1 clam.**

In this section of your Vampire Book you will list appliances you have noticed exist in your home. For each appliance you will try to get information on how much power they use in various state. Enter at least 15 appliances that you saw in your home to unlock the Engineer level Vampire Power badge.

Not sure how to find the informations? Consult the instructions found at Vampire Manor Outside.

You have access to a meter and have found data. Contribute it to Whyville's database to help other whyvillian:

You can't find data on an appliance in your home? Others might have measured it, search our database:

Appliances in my home
Contributor Type Brand Model Plugged & Off (Watts) Standby (Watts) On (Watts)    
WolfCap oven Frigidaine GallerySeries 5.0 200.0 400.0 Remove from home  
guest-54340 electric_heater Generic 1.0 0.0 1459.0 Remove from home  
Corn169 game_system Xbox Xboxone 1.0 1.0 3.0 Remove from home  
Nyeguy1 laptop Apple Has_no_lable_it_was_scratched_off 1.0 3.0 4.0 Remove from home  
shanjesse toaster Oster 1.0 0.0 1386.0 Remove from home  
Ltg123 curling_iron Revlon Rv032 1.0 15.0 16.0 Remove from home  
ryanc0727 tv Emerson LCD 0.0 0.0 153.0 Remove from home  
ryanc0727 microwave Whirlpool 2009 0.0 4.0 1612.0 Remove from home  
nappy299 pc Dell Windows8 0.0 1.0 61.0 Remove from home  
Weezie5 electric_heater Generic Generic 0.0 0.0 600.0 Remove from home  
Smci toaster Black and decker Toaster oven 0.0 1.0 5069.0 Remove from home  
Smci microwave Emerson Microwave oven 1.0 1.0 1373.0 Remove from home  
nappy299 slow_cooker CrockPot Crock 0.0 0.0 194.0 Remove from home  
Kp11524 light_fixture Unknown Unknown 0.0 0.0 33.0 Remove from home  
Jaden485 light_fixture Lamp Hi-524 0.0 1.0 61.0 Remove from home  
Jaden485 blender Blackanddecker Powerpro 0.0 1.0 87.0 Remove from home  
Deadpools vacuum Rocket 0.0 1.0 5100.0 Remove from home  
Deadpools laptop Apple Macbookair 0.0 2.0 50.0 Remove from home  
Deadpools coffee_grinder Krups 0.0 0.0 86.0 Remove from home  
Lavoie605 fan Sunbeam 0.0 1.0 22.0 Remove from home  
Smci hair_straightener Hair Icon 0.0 1.0 600.0 Remove from home  
Eragon49 ac GuitarAmp Amp 0.0 0.0 3.0 Remove from home  
Montyl19 blow_dryer Unknown Unknown 0.0 0.0 1530.0 Remove from home  
Jess4221 curling_iron Remington CI-96W1 0.0 1.0 31.0 Remove from home  
Jess4221 vacuum Dyson 0.0 1.0 1050.0 Remove from home  
Zacl12 coffee_maker Grinder Water 0.0 1.0 14.0 Remove from home  
Trixie185 night_light None Mini lights 0.0 0.0 42.0 Remove from home  
Andydrew4 speakers Kenwood 0.0 0.0 2.0 Remove from home  
Ayeni_20 vacuum Shark 0.0 1.0 830.0 Remove from home  
Ayeni_20 coffee_maker Cuisinart 0.0 0.0 1.0 Remove from home  
Trylle camcorder CanonPro 8.0 43.0 432.0 Remove from home  
Trylle speakers XPePro 2.0 236.0 568.0 Remove from home  
VorCirque coffee_grinder Iron T5C 7.0 10.0 250.0 Remove from home  
VorCirque laptop Acer 603--500 11.0 340.0 560.0 Remove from home  
iS3ll iced_tea_maker 567 454 43.0 45.0 657.0 Remove from home  
iS3ll pc 6767 67 6.0 67.0 677.0 Remove from home  
1l1l1l1 aquarium dell 0.0 50.0 500.0 Remove from home  
1l1l1l1 blow_dryer dell 0.0 3.0 20.0 Remove from home  
MsTimes amplifier poop yup 0.0 1.0 3.0 Remove from home  
Eddwardd phone Apple iPhone 15 5.0 10.0 20.0 Remove from home  

If you live in , by stopping vampire power from these appliances, each month you would save xxx kWh which means saving $xxx and avoided emitting xxx lbs of CO2.

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Every week, Whyville holds a contest to see who can earn the most points in Vampire Power.

The contest starts and ends every Sunday morning at midnight. Whoever earns the most points each week gets a bonus of 100 Pearls! Second place gets 50 Pearls and third place gets 25 Pearls!

Vampire Power is made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation Innovative Technologies Grant # 1312168.