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I’m Not a Fanatic About Vampire Plugs and I Can Prove It

A few watts here and there can’t matter

Anthony Lawrence (Pcunix)

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5 min readMay 6, 2022

Yes, I have a Kill-A-Watt meter and a Belkin whichamajiggy that does the same thing. I don’t recall exactly why I ended up with both of these except to say these things are known to happen at Amazon, and they refuse to accept responsibility, so here we are.

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