Smart power strips, power strips that can be set to turn off home appliances and office equipment at specific times, are one way to reduce your energy bill and reduce wireless electromagnetic emissions WiFi routers, because they are continually on, besides continually consume energy. Worse yet, they continually emit a wireless electromagnetic signal. Although these signals are not proven to be harmful, they are not proven to be absolutely safe. As well, there is more and more research that suggests that WiFi router signals are at best, not healthy. Even at that, there have also been research studies that indicate that wireless signals may interfere with the correct operation of medical devices such as pacemakers.
There are a variety of low-cost power strips on the market that you can purchase for your home and home office. They range in price and features. The basic smart power strip lets you set "on" and "off": times for each of the electronic devices connected to the power strip. For example, if you wanted to turn your WiFi router off at night and on in the morning, instead of turning on and off the WIFI router power switch, you simply set the timer on the smart power strip to turn off at 11 p.m and turn back on at 7 a.m.
More advanced smart power strips come equipped with sensors. These sensors based power strips help reduce your exposure to WiFI RF signals even more. The motion sensor variety will automatically turn on the office equipment or home appliances connected to the power strip when you walk into a room As well, they automatically turn off electronic equipment when you leave. There are also infrared sensor based smart power strips that will automatically turn on your appliances when they detect heat from a human source.
The simple and low-cost power strips can be purchased at your local hardware store or directly on line.
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