Saving energy when you turn off your computer
Posted by Karen in Environment, tags: computer, energy saving, EnvironmentA few weeks ago we received some free e-on energy light bulbs in the post and in the box was a card for a free Desktop Computer Intelliplug, so without further a do, I filled in the card and posted it back, it was free after all.
Yesterday it arrived in the post, so I unpacked it and plugged it in!
You plug your computer in to the top (master socket) and your peripherals into the remaining sockets, you can even plug in extension leads for your devices, after turning it on at the all my printer, modem, external hard drive, monitor etc had no power going to them whatsoever, but, five seconds after turning on my computer, all the devices plugged in to the extension lead powered up and everything ran smoothly.
Now this is great, but even better is when you power down your computer after a few seconds all the devices power down and are switched off, great, now I can go out leave the computer on running a virus scan and then when the scan is complete and the computer powers down and turns off, so does everything else and I don’t have to wait for the computer to power down and then turn everything off manually it’s all done for me, brilliant.
I highly recommend one of these devices for everyone, check out the OneClick website for more energy saving devices..
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I like the concept, way to go
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Saving energy when you turn off your computer…
A few weeks ago we received some free e-on energy light bulbs in the post and in the box was a card for a free Desktop Computer Intelliplug, so without further a do, I filled in the card and posted it back, it was free after all….
That it awesome! I have never heard of this before. I am a little confused though. Does it turn off my computer automatically if I go to bed… or do I have to power it down myself and it turns everything off?
Can you set your Anti-Virus software to power-down your computer automatically after it does it’s scan? We just have all our computers on 24-7 around here and I would love it if they would power down automatically each night.
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Karen
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September 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am
When you power down you computer,as soon as it’s off all the other peripherals shut down as well, I use it when running my anti-virus software and using the shut down PC option, then everything powers down!
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Twitter: bbrian017
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Jezz I don’t know if I woudl trust this. I think ti’s cool the product helps you lose power but I’m a freak when it comes to turning off all appliances that aren’t needed. Recently a family in our city died from a laptop fire. Can you image something so brutal happening to yourself.
I use to run my torrent for weeks and weeks but now I shut my pc down and everything else every night. This product would work real well for this reason perhaps.
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Twitter: michae
(11 comments) says:
Uhm so this thing will power down everything in the socket after you shutdown your computer right? I guess this is helpful if you are running an anti virus or downloading a file from torrent and set it up so your PC will shutdown when they finish.
But for everyday life, you can always just push the button from your extension cord where your computer peripherals (modem, router, speakers, printer, etc) are plugged in whenever you shutdown your PC, say at night or when you are leaving. Otherwise I don’t think I need this device.
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