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Winterclaw · Feb 09, 2010, 03:43 AM // 03:43

I was looking around the other day and stumbled upon one of these things in the store. Basically they are a surge protector/power cleaner/battery backup and supposedly they save you money every year. My question is do they really work in terms of saving money over the long haul?

If so, what would be a good starting guide to finding the right one for me? For example I noticed most have a wattage on them and I'm assuming that's the most power that can go through them.

Nerull · Feb 09, 2010, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Could you provide a link to the site you found this at?

It sounds like 2 different products put into 1... a UPS + Energy-Saving Surge Protector

I found this one (energy saving surge protector) but it has no battery backup:
http://www.belkin.com/conserve/

It does make sense and from what it says ~10% of your electric bill comes from devices that are turned off but are still using "standby" power.

Snograt · Feb 09, 2010, 12:37 PM // 12:37

The Belkin that Nerull pointed at (http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPa...duct_Id=459507) has a "CONTINUOUS ELECTRICAL RATING" of 125V/15A/1875W. That should handle anything you can throw at it.

Of course, that's still not a UPS - but do you really need that functionality?

Winterclaw · Feb 09, 2010, 04:58 PM // 16:58

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16842102048

I was in a store when I saw it (not online), but this is close to what I saw.