Smart Strips – A Green Way of Saving Money and Electricity

Stop Wasting Money When You Are Sleeping

Wasting money is something that is very easily done, even when you are not aware that you are doing it. There are various items in the home that continue to use electricity whether they are running or not. The microwave and coffee machine are perfect examples of this, but are hardly the biggest culprits. However, these costs do add up.

Most microwaves and many modern coffee makers will have clocks on them. It may be convenient to look over and see what time it is, but that little clock is costing you money to run. If it is not necessary, why pay for it? If you have four or five devices in your kitchen that are like this, as much as $10 a month could be walking right out the door for no reason.

What Are You Wasting Your Money On?

If $10 is not enough to get your attention, take a walk into the living room and look at that large entertainment center that is sitting there. A beautiful new 50” plasma, DVD player, stereo surround sound system, Xbox and whatever other gadgets strike your fancy. Now how many times have you come down the next morning and realized that someone left at least one item on the set-up? There is also the fact that when the plasma TV is on stand-by, it is still generating costs. Some estimate that the TV alone can cost up to $15 a month in wasted money when it is in stand-by mode.

Your Computer Is Costing You Too!

A computer set up can be just as bad today. Most people have external speakers, additional monitors, lamps, and a printer all hooked up. When the computer shuts off, many of the peripherals are still eating up energy. Basically, anything that is plugged in is costing you money.

A Smarter Power Strip….A Good Solution

Is there a solution to all of these energy challenges? There actually is and the cost will be recovered in just a few months. Smart Strips are power strips that are controlled off of one item and when that item is turned off, the power to all the other devices is also cut off. The moment the TV goes off, everything that is attached to it will be shut off as well. Turn off your computer, and watch the lamps, printer, speakers and monitors all go dark.

Nobody is perfect and Smart Strips all but ensure that all of this extra money will be saved and that you will no longer waste energy just because you forgot to hit an off switch. This is an incredible device that will recover its own cost in about 3 months. They are not going to save the world all by themselves, but every little bit helps.