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Last night, taking my own advice, I decided to try using a surge protector as a means of eliminating the small power trickle that goes to gadgets in the “off” position. I had a power strip already being used with a TV and PS2. I turned it off, and noticed the red light on the PS2, which is always on when the system is off, went out.

When I first saw devices that had lights on even when the devices were off, I was a little taken aback. I thought, “What’s the point?” But recently, I’ve gotten used to it. Now, however, in the face of growing energy concerns, it seems unnecessarily wasteful to have a light reminding you that something is off, when the absence of light is just as good a reminder.

And I’m sure there are many other minor “system-is-off” functions taking up electricity that are built into the average household product. So turning off a surge protector is good, as is unplugging an unused machine.

Let the savings begin.