Yes. Not as much but if it is plugged in it will still use some power.
A standard lamp will not use any electricity when it is off.
No, it should not use any electricity when off. If it is, you have a short or a ground.
No. When the switch is open, off position, no current flows. The light needs current to operate.
It actually does a little bit, but not as much as being turned on.
No, a socket does not consume energy when it is turned on but the appliance connected to it is turned off. Energy is only consumed when the appliance is actively using power.
When the phone is turned off, the battery provides a trickle of power to maintain the memory in the phone.
No electricity can be used or wasted if the lamp itself is turned off. It makes no difference if it has been turned off at the wall outlet or at the lamp itself. It is the same situation as a flashlamp that has a light bulb supplied by a battery. If the flashlamp is switched off the battery inside it is still there, waiting to feed the light bulb with current, but the current can only flow into the light bulb when the switch on the flashlamp is turned on.
No.
The power went off so we turned on the gas generator.
The power went off so we turned on the gas generator.
Appliances that use the most electricity when turned off are typically those with standby power modes, such as TVs, computers, and gaming consoles. These devices continue to consume energy even when not in use.
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