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A while back, I posted about how you can save money on your electric bill by unplugging things around your house.
Shortly after I posted that article, I got an email from Belkin, with an offer to send me their super cool Conserve Surge Protector to test out.
It arrived in the mail and I am so excited to set it up! This is going to make it so easy to turn off all our computers and junk in the office. I’m sure this is really going to reduce our electricity bill.
According to Belkin:
- Most home electronics continue to use energy, even when you’ve turned them off.
- This wasted energy is called “standby power,” which adds up fast and impacts the environment.
- Belkin’s Conserve Energy-Saving Surge Protector makes it easy for you to reduce this standby power.
And check this out:
The California Energy Commission estimates standby power losses in the average household to be as much as 15% of household electricity use.
Say you’re spending $100/month on electricity. By unplugging, you could save as much as $15 per month, or $180 per year. That’s more money you could be saving — or spending on real food!
What I’m most excited about is the remote control. You can just mount it on a wall. Then, at the end of the day, when you’re done working, you can simply push one button and turn off all your computers, printers, fax machines, and what-have-you.
Even better, there are two outlets that are for “always on” devices:
With this handy remote control, you can completely shut off the power to devices that consume standby power, such as TVs or computer monitors, when you are done using them. Two “always-on” outlets allow you to leave devices that typically need to stay on, such as set-top boxes or modems.
This way we can unplug our TV, VCR, Playstation, and Wii when we’re not using them — but leave the Tivo on so it can keep recording our shows.
I love it!!!
Here’s the best news of all: Belkin has offered to give away a free Conserve Power Surge Protector to Cheeseslave readers. All you have to do is enter the contest and you can win a Conserve Power Surge Protector — retail value, $49.99.
To enter to win the free Belkin Conserve Power Surge Protector, simply leave a comment below saying why you want to win.
Commenting below is your first entry to win. To get more points towards winning, you will earn one additional entries for any of the following actions:
1. Blog about the giveaway and link back to this page on your blog. Comment below with the link. (5 extra entries)
2. Sign up for my email updates or RSS feed. Leave a comment below telling me that you signed up. You will also get an entry if you already subscribe — make sure to leave a comment! (1 extra entry)
Also, you will get a point if you subscribe to the Real Food Media feed or email updates. A total of 4 entries are possible (Cheeseslave RSS feed, Cheeseslave email updates, Real Food Media RSS feed, Real Food Media email updates). Just make sure you comment about each and every one! (1-4 extra entries)
3. Follow me on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to include the URL to this page. Leave a comment telling me that you followed & tweeted. (1 extra entry)
4. Friend me on Facebook and post about the giveaway on your Facebook status. Be sure to include the URL to his page. Leave a comment below telling me that you friended me and updated your status. (1 extra entry)
5. Email 5 friends about the giveaway, with a link to the page. Leave a comment below telling me that you did. (2 extra entries)
6. Stumble this post and leave me a comment telling me that you did. (1 extra entry)
There are a total of 16 possible entries.
Questions? Comment below.
This contest will end Friday, April 3rd at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org. The winner will be announced on my blog Saturday, April 4th. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me with his or her full name, address, and phone number.
Sorry, but due to shipping costs, only those residing in the United States are welcome to enter this contest.
Good luck, everybody!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
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Were always have power surges and outages here at our house this would be wonderful
I am so anal about turning off power strips and unplugging cell phone chargers when not in use! this would really, really help!
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i want to stop having the unplugging war with the hubby!! =)
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I want to win because I need a surge protector. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would like to win this because it has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. We have power strips all over….too many electronics and I am always saying that we are supposed to unplug things when not using them. But this! This would make it all so easy. Excellent!
My house is a disaster with cords and such…I need a way to help conserve energy and organize it all. Thanks!
I actually wanted to buy one of these awhile back but I just couldn’t afford it. I have a light in my closet plugged into a power strip, so i have to bend over everytime I go in and hit the switch on the floor. Having this would make my life a little bit easier and that’s why I want to win it!
I need this! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to win this, as we have way too many “gadgets” that I’ve been trying to remember to unplug when we’re not using them.
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This is just what I need.
Why wouldn’t I want to try to win something that would help me organize this mess of cords behind my computer AND save me money at the same time? Brilliant. I love the idea of saving on my electric bill. I am always looking for ways to save my family money. I’m a SAHM and it’s in my job description, LOL! Thanks to Belkin for sending you one and an extra to give away.
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I would love to win this. Between three computers, two printers, a fax machine and other household electrical items, we can definitely use this.
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I want to win in order to try to save money. With 4 kids it can sometimes be hard to remember to check to make sure they turned stuff off.
I’d like to win because I need better power surge protection for my electronics. I can’t afford to replace them.
This looks awesome. Thanks for the chance
What a great prize! I want to win,because our electricity bill is outrageous! I really like the fact that you can leave two things on at all times.
I love this because we are always having power surges and outages.
I would love to win for the one I have now is pretty funky and pocessed
I am tired of losing appliances because of lightning. I have lost a TV the kids video game and a phone. I have bought surge protectors but I need a few more to protect more things in my house.
I would love to be able to save some money on my electric bill. This would help.
I would like to save electricity. I have an idea where I would use this already.
I would love to win this because it would greatly help us save on our electricity bill.
We are trying to cut our electric bill, so we would love to win this to help us out
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I want to win simply because I need this!
This would be great for us We have corner units and the plugs are in the wall behind the units There is no wa y to move these units to unplug everythng
I am in need of a surge protector being that I jus bought a new pc & accesories. Please enter me & thanks.
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I want to win because these are helpful, practical, safe, green, and well, who couldn’t use one?!
My electric bill is high year round so anything to help with that is great! Thanks for the giveaway!
What a great, smart idea.
I would love to win this as we need all the help we can get to save energy in the house
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My surge protector is old and the cord is fraying!
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I live in a 100 year old house, with 100 year old electricity. We always have power surges. This would be great.
We have a lot of electronic items plugged in around our TV area but don’t shut the power strip off because the DVR records stuff while we sleep. I know the Wii draws power constantly, so this would be perfect for our entertainment area!
I love everything Belkin, and this surge protector would be awesome for our home office! I hate to leave everything plugged, but I don’t always have time to unplug all of the computers and gadgets that we have, so this will save a lot, both time and money!
I’m in need of some surge protection!
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I would love to win so we can organize all of our devices in our family room much more efficiently with this Belkin Power Surge Protector with remote control. Right now we have our computer, audio system, gadget, tv, vcr, etc. plugged into various outlets around the room with no protection and having this device will enable us to safely keep them plugged in and make us more organized. Also, another biggie, conserve energy and power usage quickly and easily with the remote, this is genius! Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter.
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I am always looking for ways to save money and this would be a help. Please enter me. I would love to win.
I want to win because we definitely need more of these around our house! I am already a subscriber and I just sent a Facebook friend request. Thanks for the opportunity, and I love your blog.
I recently had a DVD player die on me because it wasn’t connected to a surge protector during a thunderstorm — I have been meaning to buy a protector to safeguard my electronics, so winning this would be great. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I want to win because I really need to reduce our electric bill.
I would like to win because my husband and I have been unplugging to save electricity for a year now. I would really like a great way to easily unplug out TV setup. I know that the TV area is our last big drain. Winning this plug would take care of that. Thanks.
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Wow, this is cool. I really want one. I watch “Living with Ed” on the Green Living Channel and he had something similar to this.
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I want to win because I’ve never had one of these and I want to try to start saving on our electric bill, thanks.
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Lost my last Belkin in my house fire. Sure could use one for my new home.
with all of our gizmos, this would be great!
I have a bookkeeping business from home with six computers, 3 computers, 4 adding machines, etc etc. I would love to only push one button.
After you wrote another post about conserving energy by unplugging, I told my husband, and he jumped on the band wagon. But we have another family living with us in our house, and they don’t always turn things off… I wonder if having an easy off button like this would help make it even easier for them to jump on the band wagon.
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I would like to win this because it seems that I am the only person in the house able to turn anything off. At least this way I could follow behind everyone with the remote and take care of things.
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Talk about timing…our public utility raised their rates by just over 5 percent in January and with the cold weather here in the Pacific Northwest we managed to log up bills of $199, $156 and God only knows what for March since the first of the year. Not a yawning big house or even kids who forget to turn off the lights…just a two bedroom all electric apartment. So I could really use this one.
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Not only are you protecting your electronics, you are doing the earth and your pocketbook a huge favor. I tried unplugging things for a while in my effort too be more green, but it was really driving me crazy. This looks like a wonderful solution to my problem!!! I think I would buy three additional ones if they work as well as anticipated! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
I really need this because I have so many things that are using electricity because I don’t unplug them at night. Between monitors, printers, and TVs I could probably save quite a lot by having this to power them completely off.
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Thanks for the giveaway…The power strip I use is mounted behind my desk, next to the wall, between a bookcase; I turn it off when I am not at my desk (desk lamp transformer, computer, cell phone charger, phone, printer, etc.) but it requires me to get on my knees or contort my body in a yoga pose to press the switch. A power strip with a remote would be a welcome addition to my home office, and save me the backache.
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this would be nice to use at the computer desk area:)
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Oh, just made it before the deadline! I need at least a couple of these for every room. Thank you for the chance to win.
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