the dumbest thing to blog about... ever...

Anne gave me the title for this blog entry while watching me set up the camera to take the photo on the left. Certainly the subject of powerstrips is geeky, but dumb? Perhaps! I have a big ol' audio amplifier from 1982 that I use to drive our subwoofer. It has a power switch, but I really don't care to climb behind the TV stand to turn it on or off; it usually just stays on, gobbling up electrons. The always "on" state has bothered me for a while. Dedicated switching sockets, designed to interface with my Denon receiver often cost over $100. Being cheap thrifty, I wanted something less expensive. I found the Smart Switch SCG3 on sale at Amazon for $20. I plug the Denon receiver into the blue outlet and when it is turned on, the white outlets also get power. Turn off the Denon receiver and the white outlets lose power... works for me!