Comments on: Saving on Standby Power http://benjaminellis.org/2009/06/06/saving-on-standby-power/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Benjamin - Not Ben - Jamin on the Net Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Monkey Power | Benjamin Ellis http://benjaminellis.org/2009/06/06/saving-on-standby-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5968 Monkey Power | Benjamin Ellis Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:28:39 +0000 http://benjaminellis.org/?p=286#comment-5968 [...] for 20% off I caved in. I also wanted to grab the opportunity to reduce electricity consumption (saving on stand by power is going very well so far), so I went for the powermonkey-eXplorer. It’s basically a booster [...] [...] for 20% off I caved in. I also wanted to grab the opportunity to reduce electricity consumption (saving on stand by power is going very well so far), so I went for the powermonkey-eXplorer. It’s basically a booster [...]

]]> By: Useful links and news stories « Home Camp http://benjaminellis.org/2009/06/06/saving-on-standby-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5255 Useful links and news stories « Home Camp Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:51:37 +0000 http://benjaminellis.org/?p=286#comment-5255 [...] Ellis investigated how to save on standby power on his blog and via [...] [...] Ellis investigated how to save on standby power on his blog and via [...]

]]> By: Benjamin http://benjaminellis.org/2009/06/06/saving-on-standby-power/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 Benjamin Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:50:39 +0000 http://benjaminellis.org/?p=286#comment-3095 OK.. First report back on the EcoTek - the PC I tried it on doesn't power off the USB ports, so it never switches off. The problem is mentioned on Amazon in the reviews. However, I've hacked my way around it: I dug out and old PS2 to USB adapter that came with an old Microsoft Mouse. I plugged that into the PS/2 Mouse connector on the PS and plugged the EcoTek's USB in to that. Tada! All working very nicely now. The powered extension lead gets a little hot, which makes me suspicious of how much power it uses. Time to get a meter out... OK.. First report back on the EcoTek – the PC I tried it on doesn’t power off the USB ports, so it never switches off. The problem is mentioned on Amazon in the reviews.

However, I’ve hacked my way around it: I dug out and old PS2 to USB adapter that came with an old Microsoft Mouse. I plugged that into the PS/2 Mouse connector on the PS and plugged the EcoTek’s USB in to that.

Tada! All working very nicely now.

The powered extension lead gets a little hot, which makes me suspicious of how much power it uses. Time to get a meter out…

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