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Title: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: Giampy on September 12, 2012, 06:33 AM

http://thefabweb.com/33523/25-modern-and-creative-electrical-outlets-power-strips-sockets-and-switches/#.UFBcvNkzEvk

Title: Re: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: ewemoa on September 12, 2012, 07:25 AM

Some nifty-looking things there :up:

Title: Re: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: 40hz on September 12, 2012, 09:09 AM

I'd like to see that "plug with a hole" concept become more popular. :Thmbsup:

Title: Re: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: f0dder on September 12, 2012, 09:42 AM

Lot's of cool-looking stuff there, but the only thing that strikes me as genuinely useful is the "plug with a hole" :)

The donut power strip does alleviate the "wall-wart problem", but situations where that would be normally be a problem, it would add cable management hell instead. Could be useful in open-room offices or at LAN parties, though.

Title: Re: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: 40hz on September 12, 2012, 10:49 AM

The baseboard "picket fence" idea was also pretty clever. Relatively easy to implement as a homebrew project too. But I'd skip the pointed tops and just go with a rounded or flat shape and put the wire slots more like 6"-8" (or 150-200 mm) apart.
 8)

Title: Re: Modern and creative electrical outlets, power strips, sockets and switches
Post by: Stoic Joker on September 12, 2012, 11:07 AM

The modular (E-Rope) powerstrips would be great for eliminating the 2nd strip with one thing plugged into it that always seems to arise with either warts or lots of peripherals. I may look into getting some of those.


I can't figure out where to buy these things :(