Tripp-Lite Eco-Surge powerstrip

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I’m setting up a new build and bought these power strips because I like having individual switches for each outlet, but these outlet strips have an eco “green” power saver control to each outlet that I can’t really figure out what it does. Just curious if anyone else has used these power strips? Do they affect GFCI in any adverse way?

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They're very nice and they won't give you any problems unless you ended up with a lemon. I wouldn't put them in the sump area though, they will rust internally (all of them will, no electronics should be in the sump area)
 
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I was just making sure the outlet wouldn’t go into a power save mode with important equipment plugged In.

About power strips in sump area, that’s kind of a bummer. This is a 5 ft wide stand I built, my sump will be 36 inches on the other side. I plan to have cabinet vented. The power strips are plastic but i know you are referring to interior electronics. Would a divider wall between the sump and outlet area help? I wasn’t planning on doing that but can come up with something
 

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I’m setting up a new build and bought these power strips because I like having individual switches for each outlet, but these outlet strips have an eco “green” power saver control to each outlet that I can’t really figure out what it does. Just curious if anyone else has used these power strips? Do they affect GFCI in any adverse way?

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I've used 2 of those exact same switches for over 6 months and never had any issue with my GFCI at the wallplate tripping.

Here's the amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075NZLYB7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Where it states " It’s a green solution for your bottom line and the environment with an energy-saving outlet configuration that reduces waste (and costs) by cutting power to devices not in use."

So, I think the "Eco" wording really does just speak to the ability to turn off outlets that aren't in use.

For what it's worth, I did place individual GFCIs on higher failure rate items. Trying to prevent the entire wallplate from tripping if only 1 piece of equipment has a failure. I bought a few of these for heaters/pumps/etc. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UOU6OVU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 

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