Many power strips have built in surge protectors that are designed to protect your electrical devices from voltage spikes. A surge protector regulates or blocks voltage that is over the safe threshold which protects your equipment. High voltage spikes can damage your equipment beyond repair which can be costly. Using a surge protector can save you money in the long run. Spikes Power strips that also provide surge protection will be labeled as such. However, not all power strips offer such protection but are sometimes still called surge protectors.

There are also green power strips out there that work to reduce the amount of energy your equipment is consuming. These power strips not only offer surge protection but they also offer a way to lower the amount of energy used by your devices. Even when your electronics are in the off position, but still plugged into an outlet, they are using energy and costing you money. There are some power strips designed to help reduced this "phantom" electricity and reduce unneeded consumption. In addition, you will also find smart power strips designed to determine just how much energy your electronics are using which will help you identify the energy eaters.

Editor's Pick:The P3 International P4320 Kill-A-Watt Power Strip is an all-in-one surge protector and watt monitor. This power strip measures slightly larger than your average power strip, but then again, it is anything but average. Now you can protect your electronics from power surges and measure their electricity consumption at the same time.

The Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy Saving Surge Strip is an easy and convenient way for us to reduce energy consumption in our homes by eliminating standby power that most of our home electronics produce. Standby power or "phantom power" is the energy that electrical devices consume when they are in the off position. The Belkin BG108000-04 has been created to eliminate this consumption which will result in a lower energy bill thus saving you money.

The Monster’s HDP 900G Surge Strip has been specially developed for home theatres. It works to eliminate the constant transfer of electricity when the item or items are not in use. These surge strips have the ability to turn off equipment when not being used and they can even analyze how much power the items are using. The surge strips are IR compatible which means they can be powered on/off by any remote control. When the main device is powered on, like the T.V., all the other devices will be powered on by the surge strip as well.

The Tripp Lite TLP810NET Surge Protector/Suppressor is designed to protect your valuable electronic equipment such as home theaters and computers. It offers a high 3690 joule surge suppression rating and is built to protect all your electronics. The TLP810NET also has a single-line RJ45 Ethernet surge protection, 2-line RJ11 tel/modem surge protection and single-line 2.2GHz gold coaxial surge protection.

The Belkin 12-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector will keep your expensive electronics safe and prevent you from potentially spending money to replace damaged equipment. Power spikes and surges can damage your equipment beyond repair and cause you to lose valuable data. The Belkin Surge Protector will ensure such damages and loses do not occur.

Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy Saving Surge Strip

Power Strips work to protect your electronics and can save you money. The Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy Saving Surge Strip is an easy and convenient way for us to reduce energy consumption in our homes by eliminating standby power that most of our home electronics produce. Standby power or "phantom power" is the energy that electrical devices consume when they are in the off position. For example, when your T.V., DVD player, receiver, etc. are plugged in and not being used they are still consumer power. This means your paying for the energy these devices are using even when they are not in use. The Belkin BG108000-04 has been created to eliminate this consumption which will result in a lower energy bill thus saving you money.

The BG108000-04 has eight surge protected outlets and a remote switch which makes it easy to eliminate "phantom power". Each of the outlets is surge protected to a maximum spike current of 72,000A. The wireless remote can be mounted to the wll which makes it easy to turn off when your electronics are not in use. Its as easy as turning the lights off when leaving the room. The remote can be used up to 60 feet away from the surge. This is an easy way to save money on your energy bill and help the environment in the process.

	Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy-Saving Surge Strip List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $33.92 You save: $16.07 (32%)
	Features Surge protector includes remote control to easily turn off power and save energy Six switchable and two always-on power outlets Built-in cord management; wall-mountable remote control Slim, space-saving design Backed by lifetime product and $100,000 connected equipment warranty

The Monster® Power Blackout PowerCenter™ HDP 900 is specifically designed to protect all of your home theatre connections. The HDP 900 provides advanced surge protection that is needed for these fragile devices and it also has a built in HD Clean Power noise filtration for better performance. Dangerous power surges and spikes can travel through cable, satellite, and telephone lines and damage or destroy your equipment. The HDP 900 offers compressive surge protection on coax, network, and phone connections for complete satellite, antenna, DVR, and cable TV line protection.

The HDP 900 protects your equipment from spikes and dips that commonly occur and can destroy the digital circuitry in your home theatre electronics. Providing a high level of protection on all three power lines (line, neutral, ground), and over 3780 Joules of surge absorption capacity. For additional safety, the surge includes advanced ceramic encased MOVs which offer protection against fires that can occur with high-powered surges.

This surge strip has the ability to eliminate degrading noises and interfering signals from items such as cell phone, TV’s, appliances, and other electronics in your home that produce this “dirty power”. All these items generate noise and can interfere with your homes electricity. This can degrade the sound and picture performance of your system and even put stress on the digital circuitry and shorten the life span of your systems.

The HDP 900 is easy to install and easy to use. It has 8 AC outlets that are illuminated and color coded with matching labels to prevent you from unplugging the wrong device. It has an 8 foot long cord, a flat plug in that won’t interfere with your other plugs, and it has the option to be mounted on the wall if needed. There is a 100% replacement guarantee warranty on this product. This cost of this item is approximately $150.

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Just about everybody at one time or another has left some sort of electronic plugged in when they’re not using it; like your cell phone charger or even an HDTV. When this is done, those electronics are still using electricity even when they are in the off position. Many electronics like T.V.’s, DVD players, and receivers have a standby mode, which means that when the item is turned off it is actually still drawing power and electricity is still being used. The same goes for when you leave your cell phone charger plugged in and you’re done charging your phone, if the charger is still plugged in then it is still using electricity.

Special Surge Strips by Monster

Monster has developed special surge strips meant to be used for home theaters that will eliminate this constant transfer of electricity when the item or items are not in use. These surge strips have the ability to turn off equipment when not being used and they can even analyze how much power the items are using. The surge strips are IR compatible which means they can be powered on/off by any remote control. When the main device is powered on, like the T.V., all the other devices will be powered on by the surge strip as well. The same goes for when the main item is powered off, all other items will be powered off too. The surge strip has each outlet color coded to indicate where each specific item should go. The price for these items range from as low as $99.95 up to $349.95.

The HDP 850G costs $99.95, the HDP 900G costs $129.95, the HDP 1400 costs $249.95, and the HDP 1850 costs $349.95

It is reported by the U.S. Department of Energy that 20% of our electric bill come from these electronics that are in standby mode. We are using energy and paying higher electric bills when we aren’t even enjoying our electronic gadgets. Instead, we could use one of these surge strips created by Monster, which gives us the opportunity to do something good for our environment and trim down on our electric bills.

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