Amazon has the Belkin Conserve Power Switch (F7C016q) for $7 with free shipping on $25+. Features switch that cuts off power completely. 1-year limited warranty.
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A vast improvement over plugging out the plug... Did Dyson invent this?
I have a similar switch on my psychotic printer. This printer normally makes you stand around waiting after pressing the bastard's ****-off-and-fall-asleep button before turning it back on. Flicking the power off and on resets it just the same, but without all the waiting.
plugging and unplugging the plug over time will loosen the $2 electrical socket, it's better to buy a $7 switch to prevent this from happening to the electrical socket
Let's see here, I can paint an unlikely scenario too. After repeated use, the cheesy switch can fail and shock you. It might even start a fire...
A replacement electrical socket costs you as whole 69 cents...
Use a switch to cut off power!
BRILLIANT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zRbIlcnsAU
There's probably a good reason for that. Generally switching power supplies on mid to larger devices have an inrush current limiting NTC (negative temperature coefficient) thermistor. It limits current while cold and doing so, heats up to allow the full design current.
If you shut such a device off and back on again too soon the thermistor hasn't had a chance to cool down much yet and the device sees a sudden power surge charging up the capacitors.
They could make the circuit more robust to better handle the surges, or put a timing circuit in that reduces current for a period, but increasing power cycling time is simpler and cheaper.
On a side note this applies to other devices as well, for example you aren't supposed to turn a PC off and back on again without waiting a few seconds. I get impatient and do it anyway but it still goes against best practices.
I might be interested in a hard switch on an actual wall outlet. I think I would rather install those around the house.
Overpriced
A whole power strip is < $ and more useful.
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I damn near soiled myself reading this one... nicely done drfeelgood!!!
Laugh all you want... but I, for one, actually use this timer all the time - to charge cheap NiCd drill batteries. Without it, I used to regularly forget to stop charging after 6-8 hours and thus killed 3 batteries. This timer is perfect for uses like mine.
Update:
OMFG... I was fooled by the very similar look - this is not the timer I use, this is just a switch! So I take my dithyramb back - this switch is truly shitty bullshit!
Update:
OMFG... I was fooled by the very similar look - this is not the timer I use, this is just a switch! So I take my dithyramb back - this switch is truly shitty bullshit!
For anyone interested in that, here it is $8 free S/H w/$25 order
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2UMS0
I prefer a switch that operates by remote control.
http://www.amazon.com/Re-BBS-STR-Standby-Wireless-Control/product-reviews/B004RL27QS/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Sizzlin' Deal. This is the most expensive it's ever been. Congrats, Ben. You da man!
The remote electrical shut off problem was already solved in the 1980s with the Clapper...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmI-heWqF8
PS If you are looking for an actual bargain, you've come to the wrong place...
electric piggy!