A significant part of Russians is not accustomed to disconnecting household appliances from the electrical network, and those who practice it disconnect electronics to save money and avoid short circuits. In this respect says In the study of Hi-Tech Mail.ru.
Therefore, 39% of the participants do not comply with this practice at all, and 37% only unplug the equipment when they are away from home for a long time. Only 19% regularly turn off at least one device before leaving home, and only 5% follow this rule before going to bed. The most frequently disconnected devices include smartphone chargers (19%) and laptops (16%), TVs (15%), kettles (13%), microwave ovens (11%), routers (9%), toasters (9%). and refrigerators (2%).
The main reason why Russians prefer to turn off equipment is the desire to prevent short circuits (77%). While saving energy is a motivation for 12% of survey respondents, 7% do it out of habit and only 1% are worried about background radiation.
At the same time, the majority of respondents (67%) think that there is no point in turning off equipment to save electricity, but 21% are ready to consider such a possibility, and 12% of respondents have already tried to turn off devices. to reduce costs. In addition, half of the respondents expressed a desire to use or are currently using smart plugs to control electrical devices.
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