Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
I bought a long power strip from Home Depot; it's black and yellow and the spacing between outlets was wide enough to allow a multitude of wall warts to be attached. I cannot remember the brand, but I do remember the price; about 50 dollars. It wasn't cheap, at least compared to most power strips. It's fused and uses heavy gauge main wiring; heavy enough to run an SB-220 from. 73 de James K2QI On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Edward Dickinson, III < softb...@windstream.net> wrote: > Wall warts are like Tribbles. > > Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip > for wall warts? > > > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- 73 de James K2QI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
I got a nice one from Harbor Freight for about 25 bux. 12 outlets and an on/off switch. If you don't have a store locally, they're on the web. 73, Mike NF4L Edward Dickinson, III wrote: > Wall warts are like Tribbles. > > Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip > for wall warts? > > > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
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Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Dick and All, Buy.com has frequently run specials on a pigtail type power strip. In fact, they had one just in the last day or so, but they sold out fast. They were Phillips brand, and I bought a couple a while back. The recent ad had them for only $7, and they had 5 pigtails. Guess that's why they sold out so fast. Anyway, I like this kind of power strip precisely for the reason you indicate--trying to accomodate wall warts! I suspect they will have them on sale again. Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: "Edward Dickinson, III" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips > Wall warts are like Tribbles. > > Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, > budget outlet strip > for wall warts? > > > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Good points. Mike elelist984 wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Please be careful about selecting "budget" outlet strips. I know our > conditions are not identical with those in the U.S., but there have > been a number of fires down here caused by cheap outlet strips. > Insufficiently heavy wiring on cheap items imported from you know > where was one cause, I believe, and the other was a build up of dust > which got into the strip via the outlets. In time the dust conducted > and started a fire. > > Our better (but more expensive) strips have automatic shutters which > close off the outlet openings when the outlet is vacant, and so help > prevent the ingress of dust. Our fire chief has also recommended that > they not be installed with the outlet side facing upwards. Often the > ugly things get installed our of sight behind furniture and that's > where the problem build up begins. > > Mike wrote: >> I got a nice one from Harbor Freight for about 25 bux. 12 outlets and an >> on/off switch. If you don't have a store locally, they're on the web. >> >> 73, Mike NF4L >> Edward Dickinson, III wrote: >> >>> Wall warts are like Tribbles. >>> >>> Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip >>> for wall warts? >>> >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Dick - KA5KKT >>> >>> __ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
I may be missing something here... but what would be the problem with taking the nice 25 buck outlet strip, and adding a hefty MOV... and making it a surge arresting strip too? --... ..--- Dale - WC7S in Wy > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:17:32 -0500 > From: n...@nf4l.com > To: softb...@windstream.net > CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips > > I got a nice one from Harbor Freight for about 25 bux. 12 outlets and an > on/off switch. If you don't have a store locally, they're on the web. > > 73, Mike NF4L > Edward Dickinson, III wrote: _ Windows Live Hotmail is faster and more secure than ever. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_1:092009 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Thanks for the replies. More are welcome. I've been searching on the internet some and found a strip designed for wall warts. The Furman Pluglock comes from a power conditioning company geared towards musicians. ~$50 list/$30 Amazon. It has 5 outlets, each with a device to clamp the wall wart. While it doesn't appear to have a switch it does have a circuit breaker. The spacing scales to about 2 1/4" o.c. for the outlets. My large, 2 amp wall warts are about 2 1/4" wide. It might even handle my universal wart at 2 5/8" with smaller warts aside. I'd like to mount on a vertical surface. This unit with warts a-hangin' might be a little deep. See video. http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PlugLock-PFP Also in searching around, I came across an idea for 'chargers' on a outlet strip. Put the strip on a timer-outlet so the chargers run occasionally. Strictly 'amateur' interest here. 73, Dick - KA5KKT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
On Dec 8, 2009, at 4:30 PM, elelist984 wrote: > I think one needs to be careful about using el cheapo outlet strips. I > know conditions down here are different from the U.S., but our fire > chief has warned of fires cause by these items. My older brother, a Captain in the USN, recently returned from Iraq where he was one of the most recent officers in charge of dealing with the shoddy wiring and electrical-related fires our troops have been experiencing. When the team began fixing the problem (before my brother arrived), they were having 4-5 electrical fires a day theatre wide. I am told analysis showed they were being mostly caused by the cheap power strips from the bazaar and shoddy ballast installation. The ballasts were re-installed, and the soldiers issued US-standard power strips with extra long cords (like they apparently do in the Navy already). It seems far too small a gauge wire was being used in the strips and often had empty insulation where the ground wire was supposed to be. All of this is a long winded way of saying I, too, would caution against cheap power strips of uncertain provenance. Byron KI6NUL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Check out www.cyberguys.com ThenI do not have any interest in the above companyjust use them for a lot of stuff Lee - K0Wa In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - J. Wolf --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Edward Dickinson, III wrote: From: Edward Dickinson, III Subject: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:40 PM Wall warts are like Tribbles. Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip for wall warts? 73, Dick - KA5KKT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Even though it is OT, outlet strips are really boring. Anyone up for a discussion on whether Einstein even knew of the concept of 1-forms or 2-forms when he developed his general theory of relativity. Anything but outlet strips. On Dec 8, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Lee Buller wrote: > Check out > > www.cyberguys.com > > ThenI do not have any interest in the above companyjust use them for > a lot of stuff > > Lee - K0Wa > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you > don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't > find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. > Is Common Sense divine? > > Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my > mind. - J. Wolf > > > > --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Edward Dickinson, III wrote: > > From: Edward Dickinson, III > Subject: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:40 PM > > Wall warts are like Tribbles. > > Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip > for wall warts? > > > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
Bet he did, one-forms at least. Oliver W6ODJ On 8 Dec 2009, at 6:32 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > Even though it is OT, outlet strips are really boring. Anyone up for a > discussion on whether Einstein even knew of the concept of 1-forms or 2-forms > when he developed his general theory of relativity. Anything but outlet > strips. > > On Dec 8, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Lee Buller wrote: > >> Check out >> >> www.cyberguys.com >> >> ThenI do not have any interest in the above companyjust use them for >> a lot of stuff >> >> Lee - K0Wa >> >> >> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you >> don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you >> can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common >> Sense. Is Common Sense divine? >> >> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my >> mind. - J. Wolf >> >> >> >> --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Edward Dickinson, III wrote: >> >> From: Edward Dickinson, III >> Subject: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3:40 PM >> >> Wall warts are like Tribbles. >> >> Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip >> for wall warts? >> >> >> 73, >> >> Dick - KA5KKT >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips
An alternative for use with almost any power strip and wall warts are 6" extension cords. They will allow mounting the wall wart away from the strip where they don't block the other outlets. A couple years ago I picked up a half-dozen such short extension cords at Radio Shack (p/n 61-2755). I still use them when I need to connect a wall wart, etc. They'll handle two wall warts per cord (one on each side) so it doesn't take more than one or two per outlet strip. Even with the "big" 5A wall warts, the current at 110V is certainly not a safety/fire hazard. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Edward > Dickinson, III > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:04 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips > > > Thanks for the replies. More are welcome. > > I've been searching on the internet some and found a strip > designed for wall warts. The Furman Pluglock comes from a > power conditioning company geared towards musicians. ~$50 > list/$30 Amazon. It has 5 outlets, each with a device to > clamp the wall wart. While it doesn't appear to have a > switch it does have a circuit breaker. The spacing scales to > about 2 1/4" o.c. for the outlets. My large, 2 amp wall > warts are about 2 1/4" wide. It might even handle my > universal wart at 2 5/8" with smaller warts aside. I'd like > to mount on a vertical surface. This unit with warts > a-hangin' might be a little deep. See video. > > http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PlugLock-PFP > > Also in searching around, I came across an idea for > 'chargers' on a outlet strip. Put the strip on a > timer-outlet so the chargers run occasionally. > > Strictly 'amateur' interest here. > > > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
