Saving money and environment with new smart power strips

[spikespeigel]

i think wombbread is just trying to get a rise out of all you guys...

yea ive heard its a good idea to unplug everything when your not using it, especially your tv

[dubinthedam]

Good tip...this 'what's using power even though it's not on thing' still confuses me. We recently decided to just unplug all items except for house phones. We then always plug in when and what we need...it does mean the cable TV has to be frequently reinstalled and it means we spend a lot of time plugging in and out things. That said I feel buying another device to make is us greener is also not always the best way to go.

[jbradleysears]

wombbread, what is it like being both an ass and a dick at once?

[bretona]

and on that note, id recomend him to go fuck himself? muwahaha, i just couldnt resist.

i hope i dont get flamed for this one, it was all in good fun

:-)

[wombbread1]

we have cheap power here 4 cents a kwh, and i dont live my parents you fuck, i burn tires and i dump car batteries into lakes and streams on water foul production areas, so suck it

[PipeFriendCHS]

Wow you are a very manly ladies' man I bet! It takes a really masculine guy to dump batteries into lakes and streams

[jbradleysears]

The idea of stealing from future generations does get a rise out of me.

[EazieBone420]

i always leave my charger plugged:)

[wombbread1]

fuck the environment

[victory01]

well it'll save you money too, but you probably live at home with your parents still so it doesn't matter yet.

[AtheistUndergrad]

That's a pretty cool piece of kit! If I used a PC instead of a laptop, I'd look into that. Actually, I could probably get one of those for my fiance's desktop. Environmentalism isn't really my motivation, but anything that cuts back on power bills is cool by me. That's why I like CFLs, truth be told. They're cheaper in the long run.

[falcon02012]

388.8 kwatt per year x.15 cent = $58.2 now you can buy new pipe and save the environment

[falcon02012]

tip to save electricity

1-change your computer power supply [most power supply less than 70% efficient buy one with 90% will save you 20-40 watt

that what your printer+cell+speaker use.

2- average lcd monitor consume 60 watt[19-20 inch ]

you can buy 23 inch monitor consume only 31 watt in active mode 0.5 watt in standby

so if you do the upov two you will save 60 watts per hour or

60 X 18 hour per day =1.08 Kwatt per day x 30 day= 32.4kwatt

per monthx12= 388.8 kwatt per year.

[PerVBmx]

just out of curiosity if i you get electricity from hydro(water power) then doing this would only save you money and not save the environment, right? :S

[jbradleysears]

But if you're using less power & it is hydro-power, you will then be using less hydro-power. So, still a good thing.

[PerVBmx]

thanks.

[spikespeigel]

yea you would free up extra electricity that could be used by others...

[1968eric]

Right on! Real change begins in your own house not the White House.

[Justice4themeek]

Nice info bro. Cool looking Tank Top too.  :)

[cacrow]

That is one smart power strip! I have all my electronics hooked up to similar strips that I turn off and unplug when not in use (even if a device is turned off, it still drains stand-by energy if plugged in).

Also, it's great to hear that you're spearheading an environmental awareness movement at work. You rock!

[genericfighter]

Damn, that's neet.

[Wazzu4288]

I really like how you promote these things, I am going to have to look into one of those switches :D

[danovanw]

I normally just unplug my power supply.

[goytabr]

Me too, it would be nice if we had such power strips here, but we don't. And alas, I couldn't do that with my Epson printer/scanner/copier combo. It starts a printing head cleaning routine every time it is turned on, and that wastes a lot of ink, so it has to be in standby to avoid that - otherwise, I'd go bankrupt with ink cartridges!