Having problems hooking up all of your stuff (or most of it) at once?
Solution:
The power strip of the gods...
Having problems hooking up all of your stuff (or most of it) at once?
Solution:
I need one of those! where did you buy it?
Wow! That would help my 4 surge protectors that are all hooked together!
Egbert, I miss you...
Is it actually a surge protector or just a 10-wide gang box that you rigged up?
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Thats awesome!
I personally don't like leaving my systems plugged in all the time.... mainly because I don't use most of them.
~Rich
Sylentwulf: Bingo. I just welded up an aluminum box to the correct dimensions, then simply bought ten duplex receptacles, metal cover plates and a 20 amp fuseholder and wired it up. It works great! If everything were to be turned on at once, I'd have about 23A draw, but that's never going to happen.
As far as surge protection goes, the box itself runs to a surge protector. It's not integral.
I do have a 2nd box built (but not wired), because I wasn't sure how many receptacles I would need. So I guess if someone really wanted one of these, I could wire up the 2nd and put it up for grabs.
You could sell a crap-ton of these, you know. Start with us (I'll take one!), and then turn to eBay.Originally Posted by Wavelflack
Remember, you're allowed to charge a reasonable fee for labor, too.
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Yup, if you ever started selling these I'd place a order also.
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Power Strip Savers are incredibly handy, too. Unfortunately, the 1->2 plug version seems to have disappeared.
most of them use the same type of plug (PS, S2, DC, Sat, XB) they dont make any kind of switch for them?
wow...that looks nice. i need one of those. my dad works with electronics / electricity for a living, so things like this are easy for him. maybe i can get him to make me one.
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20 outlets?! Nice.
I have that many outlets, but it involves:
1. four-outlet board hardwired into the wall
2. two four-outlet power boards
3. and one six-outlet board with three double-adapters plugged into it.
...and I still don't have enough plugs (NES/SNES are always being swapped around).
That's a good idea. I'm sure there's something like that available, but the downside of one of those over a Power Strip Saver is that you have to reach over to a switch. Probably more useful in industrial/installation applications.
As for that Strip Saver, I could use one of those to bridge the gap between my wall socket and my desk's power cord...it's got a selector box on the inside of the top drawer that you can plug various things into, with labels such as "monitor" and "printer" foolishly molded into the front of the unit...'sides that it's nice, though.
I would like to get ahold of a short version of a PC power cord, two of them (one for my Mac's main unit and one for the monitor) and then plug a UPS into the wall socket. I'd probably still get to use the desk's power selector, as well.
Pretty sweet, I don't weld, but I bet a plastic box could be found to do the same thing with, maybe somewhere down the road I'll have to give that a try
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Uh, if you were to build that, and then burn down your house, I GUARANTEE YOU WOULD NOT GET INSURANCE PAYMENT. There wouldn't even be a debate about it. They'd just give you the finger. That is so outside of building codes that they may come over to your house to slap you. I'm not kidding.
Before buiding something like that, it would be far better to get some battery backup capability to clean out power dips, which are far more numerous and just as lethal in the long term as a surge.
I feel silly now :P
That's good advice. In fact, the insurance folks won't cover you if you leave your breaker box open and a fire starts there (or nearby, you're certainly going to hear about it).
Running anything off of an extension cord could nullify your coverage too
Honestly, that thing is MUCH safer than probably ANY other setup most people on here have. Personally, I just take down the system and cords and plug them in as I play them. Average time to completely swap a system in&out is maybe 10-20 seconds.
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That's not necessarily true. It's only true if there are a certain amount of items running off of that cord vs the amount of current that cord is meant to handle. I believe it's daisychaining cords that is always a problem.Running anything off of an extension cord could nullify your coverage too
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Hmm, a home-built metal box safer than consumer products built according to strict standards? Let's see...
I don't mean to shortchange Wavelflack or imply that his design is dangerous, but if anything happens he won't have any coverage. It's pretty simple.
Running stuff off an extension cord can nullify your coverage? Well, I don't know what to say about THAT assertion...
Ed's right. Without UL approval, that box is an insurance nightmare. Who is UL? Look on any electronic device you have... you'll see a UL logo either on it or in the documentation with an approval number. The UL is the Underwriter Laboratories. What do they Underwrite... why, insurance standards, of course.'-'
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