Do you remember how many times you leave your office or home without unplugging? Do you think it is safe to just turn off electrical appliances in the house without unplugging them? MEC engineers will emphasize the importance of unplugging – a seemingly simple act but very few people do with electrical appliances.

Most of us think that turning off electrical appliances when they are not in use will save energy. This is not entirely true, however, many electronic devices still consume power when they are plugged into an outlet. There is such an electricity consumption because the transformer inside is still functioning. The operation transformer will eat up a certain amount of electricity. This phenomenon is called idle power, which accounts for about 5 – 10% of the device’s power consumption.

Unplugging the device after turning off will greatly increase its longevity. The truth is that even without being turned on, the device still has redundant power in the circuit if it stays plugged in. This  costs electric bill and quickly damages the device because those components have to stay electrical agglomerated so that the device’s life span is greatly reduced.

You can protect your family and people around by unplugging. Many fires occurred mainly due to the fact that appliances or electronic devices are still plugged in the outlet even they are not being used. Some reasons such as power line lightning strikes, or rusty electrolytic capacitors in the equipment, dry chemical capacitor components, etc, may also cause electric shock and explosion. So unplugging is one of the most practical and simplest ways to ensure fire safety for your family.

M&E system is one of the MEC team’s specializations with professional and experienced engineers. Our careful and meticulous engineers always pay attention to the smallest details to ensure the safety, savings and quality of life for clients. We hope that the above information about the M&E system will be really helpful for our readers to use household electrical appliances.