What if there were an easy way for everyone to save money, make their homes safer, and each play their own small but real role in saving the Earth? The smart power outlet is the latest innovation in fire prevention. For all of the battery-powered devices needing to be charged, these outlets automatically optimize the use of electricity, resulting in saved money and increased safety.
Cascading Costs
The batteries in cell phones, computers, and other rechargeable devices are expensive. Leaving them on their chargers after they are fully charged wastes electricity, which costs money. Often, when devices are removed from their chargers, the chargers are left plugged into their electrical outlets because it is a hassle to unplug them, but even that wastes electricity and costs money! Surprisingly, the millions of chargers plugged into everyone’s electrical outlets waste power when they are charging nothing, just from being plugged into the electricity and being at the ready. Costs increase further because the batteries of some devices are harmed by leaving them on their chargers after they are fully charged, leading to their expensive, early replacement or repair.
Electric generating stations burning fossil fuels are responsible for a large percentage of carbon dioxide, so saving electricity saves the Earth. The amount of electricity wasted worldwide powering all the chargers that are, at the moment, not charging anything, is staggering. Unplugging those chargers when they are not in use would help, but who would monitor for unplugging at the right time?
Unexpected Fires
Although the batteries in modern home electronics are remarkably safe, there is always a small risk of fire while they are charging. On the rare occasions when things go wrong, the special chemistry that makes modern batteries able to power electronics all day also makes them burn especially hot, and makes the resulting fire difficult to extinguish. The smallness of the risk will be of little solace to those struck by the tragedy of a house fire.
There is also the issue of the unusual number of wildfires burning all over the world, said to be caused by changes in the climate stemming from an excess of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere. Investing in affordable fire prevention is worth it for the planet and for homeowners.
Simplified Solutions
An inexpensive smart power outlet changes everything. It gets its electricity from an ordinary wall outlet; the charger for the device then plugs into the smart outlet. It does not matter what kind of device is being charged, because these outlets are smart enough to know how to work with all types of chargers. Unlike an ordinary outlet, after the battery is fully charged, the smart outlet turns itself off. It will even turn off the electricity during charging if the charger becomes so hot as to risk catching fire.
Stopping a charger from using unneeded electricity automatically saves money, eliminates one risk of fire, and spares the atmosphere from absorbing that much more carbon dioxide. The best part is, it couldn’t be easier. Using a smart power outlet transforms the exact same habits that used to be expensive and hazardous into nothing to worry about, because it constantly monitors the safety of the charging, without needing any further thought or effort.
Fewer Risks
It’s not just our cell phones. A surprising number of popular electronics have rechargeable batteries. Laptop computers, iPads, and Android tablets come immediately to mind, but even larger batteries are found in increasingly popular consumer items, such as flying camera drones, portable loudspeakers, or electric lawnmowers and snow blowers.
Regardless of what one is charging, smart power outlets can turn off the electricity to any charger, at the exact moment it needs to be turned off. Battery fires may be rare, but because the consequences can be so devastating, having a simple, inexpensive means to save money while increasing safety makes the smart outlet the best new item in home electronics. Keep your smoke alarms, of course; but, now it is possible to prevent fires, which is even better than being warned after they are already burning!
Savings Today
Saving money, saving lives, saving the Earth: Electrical items are increasingly important in our lives, but charging them safely is easier to manage than ever before, when innovative technology allows battery charging stations to manage themselves!
