{"id":12951,"date":"2015-11-03t19:43:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-03t19:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/your-tuesday-tip-power-up-power-off\/"},"modified":"2015-11-03t19:43:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03t19:43:50","slug":"your-tuesday-tip-power-up-power-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/your-tuesday-tip-power-up-power-off\/","title":{"rendered":"your tuesday tip: power up, power off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>here at planet forward, we have certainly mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/energysaver\/articles\/energy-vampires-are-attacking-your-home-here-s-how-stop-them\">energy vampires<\/a> before. <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/energysaver\/tips-home-office-and-electronics\">the struggle<\/a> against appliances that leech power even when on standby is real and it&#8217;s hard to remember to unplug every single device you aren&#8217;t using. that&#8217;s where power strips come to the rescue, cutting the flow of power at the plug.<\/p>\n<p>what many people don&#8217;t realize is that a power strip with no switch functions the same as the wall outlet. the power strip <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/energy\/stories\/do-all-power-strips-save-energy\">doesn&#8217;t just magically save energy<\/a>, you have to actually turn it off. even writing this, i realize i&#8217;m personally guilty of forgetting to turn my power strips off. i will admit that i, too, thought that somehow the energy star label on my strip meant that it would miraculously solve my phantom energy woes. but the real solution is the act of flipping the &#8220;off&#8221; 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