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

[J. Forster]

You are asking for ground loop problems. Most wall warts isolate.

FWIW,
-John

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> 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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