The LCG5 Energy Saving "Smart Strip" is a cheap and easy way to cut down on your electricity bills. It is a clever power strip that safely turns off all those devices that usually remain on stand-by.

The smartstrip has 10 plug holes: 6 are colored white, 3 red and 1 blue. The blue plug hole is the master socket so when you turn off the device connected to the blue socket all the devices plugged into the white sockets are turned completely 'off' at the same time. The LCG5 smart strip safely overrides the 'stand by' settings of electrical appliances plugged into the white sockets.

The devices plugged into the red sockets are not affected. These are useful sockets to plug in things like your modem and phone line which need a permanent supply of electricity.

There are two basic ways to set up the LCG5 Energy Saving Power Strip. The first is the 'office setting'. In this arrangement your PC or laptop is plugged into the blue socket, and so when you power down your computer at the end of the day your desk lamp, speakers, printer, photocopier etc. also turn off. The other setting is 'home'. In the 'home' setting the controlling device is the TV. In most cases the TV is the last thing you turn off before you go to bed. When you turn off the TV the stereo, the game console, the DVD player etc. also turn off. The smart strip also comes with a built in surge protector which acts as a fuse, protecting your electrical appliances from a power surge in the electricity supply.

A surge protector alone would cost you the same as the 'smartstrip'; but the benefit of the LCG5 Energy Saving Power Strip is that it will help you save money by making sure all those pointless standby LED lights go off. LED lights use little electricity but all the pennies spent keeping them on night after night add up. The smart strip uses very little energy itself and so savings over time are considerable. The LCG5 Energy Saving Smart Strip costs $41.

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