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Lidl

They sold variants these about 5 years ago in Lidl. Got four sockets gathering dust in my garage now as I prefer letting my computers sleep for a quick wakeup and my settop box updates overnight.

What people forget in the whole let's not waste energy debate is that the nuclear power stations don't turn off at night - they provide base demand so someone somewhere has to use the energy. Hence the prevalence of night-time rates for leccy.

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