How do reduce the electrical energy used by an appliance?

How do reduce the electrical energy used by an appliance?


I'm wondering how I can reduce the electrical energy used by my waffle maker by up to 10% or more. I was thinking maybe to unplug the computer when it is not in use. Is there any other way I can reduce the electrical energy used by my waffle maker?|||1) unplugging the computer will not change the energy used by your waffle maker.





2) if you were to lower the voltage on the waffle maker, it would take longer to cook the waffles, and you'd actually use more energy.





appliances are specifically designed to work the way that they do.


it's not a good idea to try to make them better.


most often, you'll hurt their performance.





if the waffle maker is not warm when not in use, it's probably not drawing any current, in which case, unplugging it won't make any difference. when i was a kid, if it was plugged in, it was hot. and we'd never leave it plugged in. if it has an on/off switch, then turn it off when you're not using it. if it doesn't have a switch, then you should pull the plug. personally, i'm surprised that you use it often enough that you want to dedicate that counter space to it all the time, rather than putting it away.|||you have to use-it less


this means reduce the heat for example


but the cooking results will not be the same!








Anita