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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Just had the house rewired after a broken pipe in the attic before xmas ruined the place. we got 6 x 2 wall sockets in the wife's office and I can see her running out pretty quickly. I also got 4 wall sockets in the den, and I already have an extension lead with 4 sockets plugged into the wall. Not as extreme as yourself, but we had been hoping to loose some of the extension leads. :laugh:
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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The power for the laptop is plugged into the wall behind the sofa and the power to the wireless router is plugged in behind the fish tank. That is all.
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ChrisElston wrote:
the power to the wireless router is plugged in behind the fish tank.
Presumably you keep electric eels?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Everything runs off a single mains socket: Via good quality 15A cable, via a 13A fuse. This feeds a distribution board (ok, a multiway socket panel) mounted under the desk, which feeds individual 3A fused multiway socket panels attached near the equipment. Since the worst drain is each PC, each of them is plugged into a different panel, and thus on a different fuse. Nothing else here is even remotely high power, so it all works pretty well, but I occasionally put a clamp meter on and check. Anything above 2.5A on any panel is a source of concern.
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ChrisElston wrote:
the power to the wireless router is plugged in behind the fish tank.
Presumably you keep electric eels?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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You must have done this before. I can tell you are a dab hand.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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You must have done this before. I can tell you are a dab hand.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Do you mean you have given up face pulling? Really, just because others can gurn 'arder than you.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Do you mean you have given up face pulling? Really, just because others can gurn 'arder than you.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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That explains why you have looked so wobbegong lately.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Which gives me pause to count my electrical plugs: 4 computers (6 if the laptops are plugged in) 4 monitors 1 TV 3 sets of speakers 2 sub-woofers 2 printers 1 flatbed scanner 1 lamp 1 network switch 1 firewall appliance 2 wireless routers 1 dsl modem 1 shredder 24 items - and counting - in one room (not counting the two laptops) I guess I should add that this room is on it's own dedicated circuit.
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That explains why you have looked so wobbegong lately.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Often times when my wife and I go away for the weekend, I like to unplug various power bars. It's a just in case kind of thing to protect all the computers, routers, TV's, etc. Unfortunately, the other weekend, I'd forgot that I'd plugged a freezer into one of the power bars. :doh: :doh: :doh: Thankfully, it's a small freezer, so there wasn't too much in it that was lost. :) Oh and the wife has now put a great big sticky paper over the plug for that power bar. It read's "DO NOT UNPLUG. You have been warned. The management." :cool:
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But you're our ray of hope! Andy B
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But you're our ray of hope! Andy B
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Darn, I thought we had the man ta do the job, the new great white hope! Guess I was way off bream? Andy B
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Increased number of main plugs on different walls, proper use of extension boards and plastic tie lock[^]
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sorry, carried away for a minute... I'm sitting in my (home) office right now, and am becoming entangled in power cables. Sure I have a bit of equipment but surely not that much more than the average - yet I have seventeen (yes 17) individual mains-powered devices currently plugged in in this one small room. And my plasma globe and fan heater aren't plugged in! This, of course, leads to double-adapters plugged into 6-way adapters plugged into dual wall sockets - leading to a mess of cables which, when tangled with the monitor cables, mouse and keyboard cables, phone line and guitar leads (and no, the guitar amp isn't plugged in either) is like some nightmare - and sometimes leads to an untimely power-down of a computer when I tug on a cable too hard. So - how many mains plugs do you have in your computing haven - and how the heck do you keep it all tidy?
MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
I have something similar to Wiremold Plugmold Diamond Plt 52 In. 8 Outlet Strip [^] to feed everything that is not a computer mounted under the desk. Computers get plugged into a proper serge protector.
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