putting a switch on the plugs in my house?

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

i figured that at night when everything is plugged into the socket it is pulling some amps and using unneeded power. if i could mod a switch onto it and make it to where they can turn off the power then would that make it to where there is a lot less energy being used? or will it be so little that there will be no difference on the bill?

Are you saying that your power points don't have built in switches? Because I've never seen one without a switch.

In Western Australia there are ads saying to turn anything off at the wall that doesn't need to be on, because it can save a lot of electricity in the long run.

On tv here there is a show called the "New Inventors". One guy made a switch that you plug into the wall, then whatever you had plugged in before plugs into the back of the switch (piggyback). It had about 4ft or so of wire coming from it with a switch at the end to disconnect the power from the piggybacked appliance. The reason for the extended wire is so you don't have to climb around behind your tv and dvd player's to reach the switch, you just have the end of the switch sitting next to the tv.