There isn’t a home in Britain that doesn’t have an extension cable or two running through the office, or tucked modestly behind some household appliances. In fact, the average home is choc-a-block full of appliances all needing their share of domestic juice. So it’s not uncommon to have a busy plug socket in each room that at one point in the day is running on idle.
This, unfortunately, can be one of the leading causes to household energy waste. And if you don’t want to spend your day running back and forth on ‘plug socket duty’, ensuring that each is flicked to Off and that the only electricity being used is that which is needed, then you’re going to have to come up with something pretty special. But guess what? Now, you wont have to: intellipanel is the automatic monitor that is here to save you money and prevent any unnecessary waste.
It looks just like any other extension cable: white, long, extendable and fitted with plug dockets running right down the line. Recommended by the Energy Saving Trust, the intellipanel isn’t just an ordinary cable. By using patented technology the intellipanel monitors when your desktop computer is running happily and waits for the moment when it is switched off – then, because the supporting peripheral equipment is harboured along the intellipanel dockets, it is able to shut down the surrounding appliances, meaning that you wont have to, or wont be left to forget!
And if we’re honest, most of us do forget: it is part of human nature to do so. But lucky for us, it is the only thing the intellipanel has been designed for.
Electrical equipment left on standby wastes a considerable amount of energy throughout the day, and even over night. If one PC monitor is left on standby over night, then this wastes the equivalent energy of microwaving six home dinners. So, if we imagine, at the end of the day when its time to leave the office, how many computers are left with their little red lights bleeshing, and how much energy is going to waste just because the equipment has not been turned off properly.
Using its full range Auto Calibration, the intellipanel can automatically determine the on and off power level of any desktop computer (any make, any model) and can delivery energy accordingly. Its zero-crossing detection is another great feature which automatically determines when the power being supplied to the peripheral appliances is at an optimum level; thus maintaining the least amount of stress to components.
It also comes with quality surge protection, a cable length of 2 metres, telephone cable length 2 metres, a green neon indicator to display when the unit is active and surge protector is on, and a red neon indicates when the peripheral sockets are on.
The intellipanel retails for approx. £29.99 from a variety of UK distributors. We think it is a great addition to the office and a fantastic way to cut down some of that unnecessary energy waste, and reduce that heavy carbon footprint.
*not suitable for laptops
