The energy used by Canadian households more than doubled between 1990 and 2007 to power our ever-growing collections of electronics and small appliances. Look around: you probably have up to 40 plug-in devices that are drawing power even when they’re switched off. Whatever you call it — phantom power, idle current, vampire load, wall warts — the Conserve Socket Power Timer promises to save energy by cutting power to a device after 30 minutes to 6 hours.
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