does leaving things plugged in use energy
yes alot of things will draw electricity by just being plugged in. That's why your chargers, TVs, dvd players etc will be warmer than room temperature when not in use. best bet is to get power strips (not extension chords-they wont help) and plug everything in to them, and simply turn the strip off when not in use.hings that have a transformer attached to the plug. Like a cell phone charger, or a pager charger, of an electric toothbrush charger, or an ipod charger. Any thing that has that little black thing to change the voltage for use by whatever it's attached to.