Intelliplug - cutting my wasted electricity
Posted by DavidM in Buying green, Save energy | 5 July 2008
I've just taken delivery of my latest energy saving device - the Intelliplug for desktop computers.
It looks like an oversized 3-way plug socket apart from lots of branding and instructions on it.
I bought it for the study as not only do my children have a habit of not turning the computer screen off, but I'm fed up looking at the red standby lght on my DAB radio thinking 'I'm paying for that to do nothing'.
I plugged the computer into the master socket, then the screen into one of the two side sockets. I plugged a 4-way adapter into the other side socket and have all the other equipment plugged into that.
Now, when I turn the computer off, all those devices are automatically turned off. When I turn the computer back on, they also get power.
If I desperately want to listen to the radio without putting the PC on, I simply plug the radio directly into the wall.
I've tried it once so far and it all works as expected.
I'm not sure whether for £13.95 plus p&p it will ever cost in, but it's all part of minimising my energy use. Next step, another one for the TV, DVD, Wii and Sky boxes.
