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power saver

Surge Power Strip: Your Power Wastage In Plain Sight

The Climatized Objects Project think there's a simpler way to make you save energy than clever sockets: "Surge" plops your power sockets and thus energy consumption in open view. Shaming you, and dominating your home. Yup: I'd certainly be tempted to unplug my "on standby" devices if this red surge-protecting beast was draped over my desk, behind my TV and down the stairs. Oh, no: wait— of course I wouldn't, because I'd never use this crazy crapness in the first place. I kind of see what they're getting at, but I'm distinctly glad this will remain just an eco-concept. Spilling coffee with it around would be fatal. [Dvice]

11:00 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,400 views, 11 comments

Latest by nocar: @Death: Wouldn't that be "tihs taf" ? more »

mods

How To: Power Your Computer With Car Batteries

Taking a lesson from the Tim Allen school of modding, one man rebuilt his UPS with a bit more kick. Because the UPS was only able to run his RAID-wielding desktop for three minutes before shutting down, he decided to add two 24V car batteries to the equation (the maximum that his UPS could tolerate). The good news: it worked, and will run his computer for an hour plus.

The bad news is that these larger lead acid batteries are not sealed, and will be releasing some not-so-good gases into his computer room. Hit the movie at about halfway for the money shot. [techspot]

8:36 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,914 views, 24 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: I thought a good on-line UPS was pretty much standard equipment for computer users. It cleans up whatever fluctuations you might have, and the switchover is seamless. If you have a RAID wielding desktop, it's time to get a NAS RAID on it's own on-line UPS. more »

once upon a time

Using Belkin's Weird Powerstrips

[Cue Fairytale music...]Once upon a time, a geek found that he had way too many gadgets, and too few AC outlets to use them all at once. A simple powerstrip would have been a easy fix, but because he considered himself a serious gearhead, he wanted *special* powerstrip.
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10:12 PM on Tue Aug 14 2007
By Brian Lam
9,061 views, 21 comments

Latest by Trackback: Not only did a I pick up a new car this week, I managed to rearrange and move a decent amount of my home gear. And, basically, I ran out of power outlets in the bedroom. I’ve got two cable boxes, a TiVo, ITVN, Slingbox AV, Buffalo wireless bridge, and more »

pw-1100p

Trust PW-1100P Notebook Surge Guard

Built with two and three-pin adapters, this Trust PW-1100P notebook surge protector works great with most notebook AC adapters, sitting in-between the power and your laptop. The devices makes sure wherever you are, you're always safe from dirty spikes or other hazardous electrical failures that will fry your laptop faster than you canthrow away that Sony battery. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Oct 11 2006
By Jason Chen
148 views, 4 comments

Latest by Worf: Remove the plug thingy from your AC adapter, and you'll find a stadnard 2 pin plug inside. Use the adapter thing on this, and you're all set. Or use the APC surge protection with the two pin round thing as well. Might be a bit clunky, but it works. (Apple does more »