Read about the huge amount of electricity that is consumed by electric appliances and gatgets in standby. The general advice from the writer was for everyone to completely unplug the devices or use a standby-killer.
Installation...
I’ve just done this and got myself a standby-killer that I’ve installed in my computer setup. Not only am I saving electricity but also the lazy side of me get satisfied when there’s no need to switch off more than the computer to have everything turned off.
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Installation...
I’ve just done this and got myself a standby-killer that I’ve installed in my computer setup. Not only am I saving electricity but also the lazy side of me get satisfied when there’s no need to switch off more than the computer to have everything turned off.
Interested in images and the full story?
http://rechargetheplanet.eu/?p=save_energy_savepower_autopoweroff
/Fredrik, keep savin’ them watts!