[Cialug] Power Down

[David Champion]

You can have some things - like your Tivo - plugged into an "always on" 
port. Even some power strips (non-ups) support this.

-dc

murraymckee at wellsfargo.com wrote:
> So if you shut off the TV the cable box goes off.  Great idea.
> So if you shut off the TV the VCR / TIVO goes off.  Great idea.  Yeah,
> Right! 
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Walton
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] Power Down
>
> Reducing the Amount of Juice Electronic Gadgets Consume
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/technology/personaltech/24pogue-email.
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> NY Times article about "vampire electronics".  Home electronics that
> suck power even when they're off.  The Energy Department guesses that
> 25 percent of the power the average piece of electronics consumes is
> consumed while turned off.
>
> The beef of the article is to shill for the APC Power-Saving
> SurgeArrest surge protector.  It's a nifty idea: the you plug your
> computer into a "master" plug-in, and then your printer and monitor
> and speakers and all those other gadgets into slave outlets.  When
> whatever is plugged into the master outlet stops drawing power the
> strip cuts power to the slave outlets.  So, when you turn your
> computer off all your other stuff gets turned off too.
>
> I leave my computer on all the time, normally, but I've been trying to
> turn it off when I go to work.  500W all day long can get to be a
> serious energy bill.
>
> -todd
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