Intellipanel for Laptop Computers
Intellipanel For Laptop Computers
Save energy with your laptop computer using the new Intellipanel Laptop standby saver
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In our article Intelliplug and Intellipanel we introduced a couple of products used to save energy by automatically totally cutting the power to devices in standby mode.
These are both excellent products which help to reduce carbon emissions, save electricity, and they can pay for themselves in the financial savings they provide. However, they have one limitation - they cannot be used with laptop computers.
Intellipanel for Laptop Computers
The original Intellipanel knew the attached computer had been turned off or been put into standby mode by detecting the drop in power drawn through the master socket used for powering the computer. Unfortunately this method could not be used with laptop computers since they continue to draw power to recharge their internal battery even when switched off.
Now the manufactures of Intellipanel, One Click Technologies Ltd have come up with a new Intellipanel product (pictured above) specifically for use with laptop computers. A USB cable is used to connect the laptop to the Intellipanel to tell it when it is switched off or in standby mode.
Both types of Intellipanel are recognised by the Energy Saving Trust. They have a total of eight sockets - seven for peripherals and one master socket - and offer power surge protection, a telephone/modem splitter, and they are Mac and PC compatible.
Buying an Intellipanel
Unfortunately the laptop Intellipanel cannot be used with desktop computers and visa versa. Both are priced the same at around £30.00. The Intelliplug is now also available in a USB-connected laptop version in addition to its standard desktop version for around half the price of the Intellipanel.Click here to purchase or find out more about the following products:
Intellipanel for Laptop Computers
Intellipanel for Desktop Computers
Intelliplug for Desktop Computers
Article Last Modified: 11:34, 7th Sep 2007Comment on this Article
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