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By J. Perino (Buffalo Grove, IL United States)
Terrific idea, but execution is a little unreliable. I have this hooked up to one of my home entertainment systems. It sometimes takes awhile for it to cut power to the other receptacles, or never does cut the power. Adjusting the sensitivity is supposed to solve this problem, but it doesn't work reliably. In addition to this model, I have a different one (with less outlets) that works reliably on a different home entertainment setup.
By Anderson Bearden (Michigan)
I ordered 2 of these and 2 of the smaller version. These were for my computer systems. Setup was easy and the always on outlets made it easy to plug in the modem and wireless router so that they could continue transmit even when the computer, monitor, printer, and speakers were deactivated. I recommend that you start out with the main device turned on and then adjust the dial until it turns off the dependent outlets. Then turn it back just to the point where they are turned back on. I suspect that I will see quite a savings from these.
By Alex (San Diego, CA)
I had recieved an energy audit, and one of the recommendations was to get a couple "smart" power strips to cut down on phantom power draw from my laptop peripherals and stereo.
The good:
* supports lots of outlets
* works great for some applications
* can produce a noticeable energy savings.
The bad:
* very difficult to calibrate
* sometimes "stutters" with equipment that takes variable power.
I bought 2:
The first I attached to my home theater setup, with my receiver as the master. This made sense-- the receiver can have a very high output, and you can't watch/listen to anything without the receiver being on. It took me a little while to figure out where everything should be plugged in. After that, you turn off the master on and off, while you adjust a dial on the side, to determine a threshold for when the switched outlets should be on or not. After playing with it for 3 days, I haven't gotten a good setting so the strip knows when the receiver is on. I've also tried plugging in the receiver and my HD projector... still no dice. I'll likely take out this "smart" power strip, and replace it with 2 "dumb" power strips, so I don't have to fiddle with the knobs every time I turn the stereo on/off. When this works, it should save around 120W of constant power.
The second I attached to my laptop, printer, external monitor, USB hub, and flash card reader. This works better... most of the time. Mostly, when I turn on the laptop, it turns on (and keeps on) the peripherals. Sometimes I turn on the laptop, and the strip can't decide whether the laptop is on or not, and the external monitor is turned on, then off, then on... When this works, it saves around 80W of constant power-- about $6/month where i live.
So... I wouldn't recommend it with a receiver as the master. A big TV might work. A home theater projector is a waste of time. a laptop will take calibration, but should work.
By S.T. (California)
I replaced a backup UPS with this power strip since I no longer run my computer 24x7 as a server. It works great! I am using it with an intel iMac and have no issues. Just a warning on how it behaves since I've seen a few complaints about the power strip not properly switching off. It sometimes takes a while (several minutes) to shut down my peripherals, even after calibrating. However, I believe this is so that the power strip is immune to fluctuations in the power draw of your control device (e.g. computer). I'm fine with this though. I'd rather that it takes a while to switch off rather than falsely switch off while the computer is on.
By Justin Tagle
From what I've read, flat panel TV's draw the most power in standby mode. Using the Smart Strip for my home theater, it's only logical to plug the TV into the control outlet so all components come on when the TV is powered up. Using this configuration the biggest energy vampire is still always on.
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