kesuki's Journal: quick way to save power and money

almost everyone has surge strips, and there are all manner of devices we leave plugged in all the time. I've gone to the trouble of using switches for everything i know drains a lot of power when not in use. i used a living room light switch, and 4 of my surge strips and 2 inline switched for 2 prong devices.

i've set my computers to wake up after power loss, and use the led in my mouse to tell when to switch off my toys.

not quite as good as having a 38 watt flat panel monitor, but i didn't have to invest a single dollar to save tons of money, well it would if i paid the electric bill.

as a secondary benefit devices with a switch turned off are less likely to take damage in a lighting storm since lighting follow the pat of least resistance towards the ground.

I've done a lot to reduce my carbon footprint. it wasn't hard i also put a single CF bulb in the place of the 5 incandescent bulbs in my bedroom's ceiling fan.