Master/Slave Automatic Power Saving Powerboard
An easy way to save energy around the house! StandbyÜPower is the energy used by an appliance even when it is supposedly turned off, usually on remote controlled devices such as TVs, DVD players, printers, scanners, computer monitorsÜetc. The power used can be significant on some poorly designed devices, but even with good ones it can add up to quite a bit across all of the units in your house, estimated at up to 11% of domestic power usage by the Australian Greenhouse Office.
The best way to deal with standby power is to switch things off at the powerpoint. However this can be difficult and fiddly in most cases. This automatic Master/Slave powerboard makes it easy! Simply plug a master device into the master socket and the slave devices into the slave sockets and the powerboard will detect when the master is turned off and automatically turn off the slaves!
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ÜA sophisticated sensor circuit detects the level of current passing through the main master outlet and switches the slave outlets to the same status. This reduces the consumption of standby power used by computer peripherals and other equipment when not in use. This will save you money. One additional power socket will operate continuously and independently.
You should carefully decide which device should be the master and which the slaves and which should be connected to the normal socket. We can help you with advice for this if required.
WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT LASER PRINTERS TO THE SLAVE OR MASTER SOCKET OF THIS POWERBOARD. Doing so may damage both the printer and the powerboard. However, it is fine to connect a laser printer to the NORMAL outlet of the powerboard. If you insist on turning off a laser printer while not in use, please use the switch that is built into the unit (please note that we do not recommend this)
Please note thatÜsomeÜusersÜhave experienced problems with large Plasma televisions connected to the "MASTER" socket of this product.ÜThe manufacturersÜhave discovered that some of the newer Plasma televisions draw well over 30 watts in standby, causing the powerboard to be unable to detect that the Plasma has been switched off - and therefore not switching the "SLAVE" outlets off. (The PT9778 Energy Saving Powerboard detects power usage under 30 watts to be "off").
If you experience this problem, please try connecting your Plasma television into one of the "SLAVE" outlets, and a connect a different device such as a DVD player into the master outlet. This solution will solve the problem.
An easy way to save energy around the house! StandbyÜPower is the energy used by an appliance even when it is supposedly turned off, usually on remote controlled devices such as TVs, DVD players, printers, scanners, computer monitorsÜetc. The power used can be significant on some poorly designed devices, but even with good ones it can add up to quite a bit across all of the units in your house, estimated at up to 11% of domestic power usage by the Australian Greenhouse Office.
The best way to deal with standby power is to switch things off at the powerpoint. However this can be difficult and fiddly in most cases. This automatic Master/Slave powerboard makes it easy! Simply plug a master device into the master socket and the slave devices into the slave sockets and the powerboard will detect when the master is turned off and automatically turn off the slaves!
