[ale] OT: power saving devices

[Jim Popovitch]

hbbs at comcast.net wrote:
>> Printer:  After 1 hour of consistent near-zero amperage on line (i.e. 
>> printer is idle), cut line power until printer power switch is cycled. 
>> I know this is do-able, as some newer X-10 light modules will allow
>> you to cycle a lamp switch and power on the module rather than having to 
>> hunt down the X-10 remote to do this.  Again, I am looking for an 
>> all-in-one solution.
> 
> I get the feeling this won't work with some printers.  This behavior
 > probably works by having the module sense a change from short to
 > open and back again on the downstream side.  A printer's power
 > switch, unless it's one that actually closes/opens a transformer
 > secondary, won't do this.

Good point.  Thx.

-Jim P.