I recalled a post on here somewhere, involving the use of a Kill a Watt meter, in which a good determination was made of unwanted power use.
So anyway, here's an extensive article about the same and similar items.
Written by meteorologist (and inventor) Anthony Watts. About the best weather science site on the web. (and the most popular amongst scientists)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/09/05/new-gadget-kills-the-power-vampires-in-my-home/#more-24450
see what you think.
So anyway, here's an extensive article about the same and similar items.
Written by meteorologist (and inventor) Anthony Watts. About the best weather science site on the web. (and the most popular amongst scientists)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/09/05/new-gadget-kills-the-power-vampires-in-my-home/#more-24450
see what you think.