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- fpcyber, on 10/10/2007, -7/+188Also known as a fuse box, circuit board,...
- pmcall221, on 10/10/2007, -7/+128Yeah cuz I really like resetting all my clocks every time I come home...
- unicronband, on 10/10/2007, -3/+66And forgeting that grandpa's at home, hooked up to the dialysis machine...
- FuzzyBunny, on 10/10/2007, -3/+57And all the food in the fridge/freezer going bad
- cricoste90, on 10/10/2007, -6/+57Anyone else read that as "White House On/Off Switch"?
- surferbill, on 10/10/2007, -5/+35RTFM, kiddies.
It's "a single button that can turn off of the UNNECESSARY power in the house [..] Simple in concept, the Whole House-Off Switch is a bit more complicated when you stop to consider just how many appliances we have in our homes that require constant power; larger items such as the refrigerators are obvious, but smaller items can include clocks or lights left on automatic timers for security reasons."
So you set up the switch to leave on your fridge, clocks, security lighting, etc. and it only switches off unnecessary items. Nothing like your main fuse box. I still wouldn't consider it unless it interfaced with my PC to put it to sleep safely, or I'd have to put it on the always-on circuit. :) - ladon86, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27Looks like someone's hit the Wordpress off switch!
- Slovenian6474, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24Call me old fashion, but i just turn things off when i'm done with them.
- way2muchsense, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Yeah, but do you want to run down to the basement where the circuit breakers are, and pull the main switch? What I would really want is a switch that would turn everything off EXCEPT certain things, like the fridge, my well pump, the igniter for my furnace, and my alarm clock. In short, show me a GUI with all the 110V outlets in my house, and let me decide which ones I want deactivated.
- boredsam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15I think you mean RTFA.
- EnjoyFailure, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13This is why I live in a van down by the river.
- ChronicColonic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I'm getting one and I am going to hook up to the Clapper.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Hey, I'm saving money!!! Oh wait ... I just lost $300 of food in the fridge .... Dohhhh!
- geekchic, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15As described, it sounds like just a pretty button to flick the mains switch in the fuse box - and as that then switches off your refrigerator and results in ages spent resetting clocks - is a daft idea.
However - if domestic devices were fitted with a Bluetooth receiver, then a single switch could be used to switch off all such devices automatically, while leaving critical devices (the fridge) still working. - cricoste90, on 10/10/2007, -5/+14digg down, accidental double comment: It's all Ron Paul's fault...
- alok0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It's a UNIX system! I know this!
- AllnightChemist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8...and I thought it sounded like a pretty good idea, honestly.
- wiihuck, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11well then it's not much of a "whole house" switch, now is it?
- evildemonic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7When I stayed in Japan, my apartment had something like this. It was a card that went into a slot by the front door. When you remove the card it cuts power to ALMOST everything. The clocks and refrigerator stayed powered.
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7just don't put it too close to your computer. You don't want the house turning off during a good porno.
- jessdub99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I hope they develop one of these for the girlfriend. Imagine the peace & quiet!
- slylikeafox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5dugg for Jurassic Park reference
- totorototoro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Still not as user friendly as this lightswitch at Sun Microsystems :P
http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/06/10/how-many-engineers-does-it-take-to-turn-on-a-light-bulb/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Hey if your not saving minuscule amounts of power through a hugely incontinent system then your not truly Green!
I'm all for green technology but only when its truly viable and worth it. I think cheap solar panels or quiet wind turbines on all houses would be a great idea, and hybrid/electric cars look great but things like this and that coat hook light switch designed to allow you to hang your coat OR have the light on are just pointless and are more likely to alienate people from being Green. - johoshua, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5***** wierd. I did too. Is it all the Bush this White House that is starting to predispostion our brains the filter word phrases? Scary *****.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I can't think of a whole lot of unnecessary things that would be on at any particular time. Cool...I got a big button to turn off the light in the upstairs bathroom.
- glitch47, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5TiVo no likey this idea.
- eanbowman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Digg.com continues to be the world's most effective whole-site on/off switch. XD
- TeatimeGrommit, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5People still have fuse boxes?! A power box with switches (and a master switch) is considered newsworthy?! Where was this posted from, anyway?
- JFitzpatrick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I did.
- kathaclysm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Having your system cool the house from 100F down to 75F when you get home takes up more energy than it would to maintain 80F all day. This is what programmable thermostats are for.
Plus, some of us leave pets at home we'd rather not cook. - tomee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3optimists
- Piggycow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Did any of you even read the article before making these comments..
- Pilot85, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3you guys didn't rtfa, did you?
- JFitzpatrick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2For future construction I suppose that concept could be figured in... for current construction wouldn't a simple X10/Insteon/Univeral Power Bus system work just as well? I myself despite having a decent sized house don't really have many power draining wall transformers or other power drainers. Or more accurately they aren't spread out. A simple X10 controller attached to the entertainment center and to the secondary items in my office like the scanner and cellphone chargers would do the trick.
Quite honestly it seems like it would make more sense for the manufacturers to start making devices that don't generate high phantom loads when they aren't performing their jobs. - amgamer23, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I did as well...
- MarkBlu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3haha no way i did too
- jasonj75, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I had the same thing in a hotel in Paris...They attached the thing to our door key card which forced us to turn off the lights before we left for the day...Neat idea.
- diggpotato, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Crikey - some of the neanderthal reactions already on this thread make me think we'll never wake people up. Items that have clocks ought to be designed to buffer a bit of power, to survive for a few hours off grid. It should be a compulsory requirement. Also, someone like Sony should show the world and remove the green standby/on button from all their new remote control designs..
- leowatson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Some houses have master switches as well as the fuse box.
- TeatimeGrommit, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I would RTFA if the FA was not MFW(ordpress).
- scinju, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Maybe because that's the point. It's not meant to be real or practical, it's meant to be some sort of somewhat pretentious art.
- donkevin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow ... yeah ...
- Pilot85, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It can turn off what you want it to turn off. That's the point, damnit.
- noctem314, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yup. Not that weird either. The l resembles a t, so it almost looks like Wh_te House, which would only be one letter off.
- spartan789, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1didn't catch it...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Mine has, but I only use it when I have to make some change in the electrical connection.
- Sefus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1well just turn off the things you don't want on silly. leave the rest. Circuit breaker ftw.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I have several of these SmartLinc switches in my house, and they ARE very user friendly.
With my home automation system, I have a "whole house" needless lights/devices on/off ability from internal or external webinterface, or from various graphical keypads mounted around the house. - Daveecee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It would have to leave my computer the ***** alone.
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