[Test-Equipment] OT: Good Ideas web page (was: tantalums)

[JOHN M IVERSON]

how aout this- get a nice regulated supply at 12 dc and feed the
equipment from that?

of course somee loads cannot be 12 v but most of mine are, Then the plug
strip rears its head agin.

old jack

 
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:06:43 -0800 davec <davec2468 at aim.com> writes:
> On another test equipment list a member listed the URL to his web 
> page of great tips and ideas:
> 
> <http://www.prc68.com/I/HaT.shtml#CF>
> 
> It got me thinking about an idea I want help with. I'd like to tap 
> the collective brain power of this list.
> 
> How can I get most of the wall warts that litter my work bench and 
> computer station into one place? I want to maximize the density of 
> my 
> "wall warts" onto one power strip / surge protector. Most of these 
> WWs draw minuscule watts so overloading is not an issue.
> 
> Take a power strip. Any generic power strip (w/ or w/o surge 
> protection -- your option):
> 
> <http://tinyurl.com/bt7x5o>
> 
> Plug in some version of this into each outlet:
> 
> <http://www.mattcutts.com/images/tripletap-ac-adaptor.jpg>
> 
> (it's the cube, on the right in this photo).
> 
> The idea is to plug a cube into each of the outlets in the PS such 
> that outlets are now available on *the sides* of the PS. Into each 
> of 
> the side outlets (probably not the top one, if there is one), plug 
> in 
> a WW.
> 
> For example, with this 7 outlet PS and a cube plugged into most of 
> the outlets (it's probably not practical to plug in WWs adjacent to 
> 
> each other -- physical limitation rules), potentially 14 WWs can 
> live 
> here. Practicably, less than that.
> 
> But you get the idea.
> 
> Improvements on the basic idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
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