Smart Strip Power Surge Protector

Home > Electrical Gadgets > Smart Strip Power Surge Protector

Smart Strip Power Surge Protector

The Smart Strip is a power strip with multiple outlets. It has one additional trick: it can automatically switch on/off peripheral equipments when you switch on/off the main equipment. This gives you 3 additional benefits: convenience, energy savings and reduced electricity bills.

Smart Strip with Autoswitching Technology LCG5

What is it? The Smart Strip LCG5 is a power strip with 10 outlets offering autoswitching technology, line noise filtering and power surge protection. It also offers phone/fax/modem and coaxial protection.

What are its main features?

1 control (always hot) outlet (in blue), 6 switched outlets (in white), 3 other always hot outlets (in red).
A control outlet is where you plug the main equipment (e.g. computer). It is always hot i.e. there is always power at the outlet.
A switched outlet is where you plug a peripheral equipment (e.g. monitor, speakers, printer, scanner, modem etc). It is powered on/off depending on whether the control outlet is on/off.
The 3 other always hot outlets (in red) allow you to plug other independent equipments not related to the main equipment.
It has a turnable pot (dial) which can be used to adjust the power sensitivity of the control outlet.
2875 joules three-way surge protection: 1325 joules live to neutral, 775 joules live to ground and 775 joules neutral to ground.
Film capacitor and noise filter chokes provide superior line noise filtering.
It meets the criteria for UL 1449.
The outlets on the strip are so positioned to include 4 transformer outlets, which take up more space than the ordinary ones.
Power switch is a 15 amp circuit breaker, and is lighted when it is switched on.
Switched outlets indicator is lit when the switched outlets are on.
Ground and surge indicator indicates either bad ground or surge protection has failed. This is so you know whether your equipments are properly protected.
It has two phone jacks (one in, one out) offering line surge protection for phone/fax/modem.
It has two coaxial jacks (one in, one out) offering surge protection for TV/cable box/satellite receiver.

There is an excellent external article about how a surge protector works. If you are interested in how this kind of things work internally, have a quick read.

What is the point of Autoswitching? Computer peripherals like printers and scanners draw a low level of current (idle current) even when they are not being used. Over time, this idle current can add up to quite a lot, both in terms of electricity consumed and its cost. With Autoswitching, the Smart Strip senses the flow of current through the control outlet and uses this information to automatically switch on or off the associated peripheral equipments connected to the switched outlets. This will help you to:

Save time: You don't have to wait until the computer shuts down/goes to sleep before switching off the peripherals individually.
Save electricity: This helps to conserve our precious energy resources.
Save money: The money saved can add up and quickly repay the cost of the Smart Strip.

This Smart Strip Power Surge Protector LCG5 has received great reviews. You can use it not just for your computer system, but also for your TV entertainment system. For example, you can plug your TV into the control outlet, and the DVD player, cable box, VCR, game console etc into the switched outlets. When you switch off your TV, the other equipments get switched off automatically too. It is a versatile gadget that will help protect your electronic equipments from power surge damage, but also save you money!

Gift Idea: This can be a gift for anyone with a computer or home entertainment system.

Return from Smart Strip Power Surge Protector to Electrical Gadgets