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Thomas Henry
Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Southern Minnesota
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:
Wart Remover Subject description: Easy-to-make utility item for the studio |
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Hello all,
Well, I finally had it and decided to do something about all the wall warts that have been accumulating. In my set-up these obnoxious things are needed for my keyboard controller, Boss-600 recorder, Alesis Midiverb II, Behringer mixer, Casio CZ-1000 and CZ-101.
Naturally, these were taking up too many spots on the power strip.
So I bought three extension cords, cut them down to about 10 inches and spliced them. Now all six wall warts (which are pretty low current affairs in any event) can connect to a single outlet and keep out of the way of everything else. It also means that I can power up all of the devices with one flip of the power strip switch.
Total cost was $3.
And hey, I can't be responsible for any screw-ups on your end. Remember, this is 110VAC we're talking about. I insulated each of the two leads and encased the entire connection with heat shrink tubing. And be sure to keep the hot and neutral leads sorted out in case you plug anything else in these.
Hope this little tidbit tidies up your studio, too.
Thomas Henry
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Wall wart affair for freeing up your power strip in the studio. (Forgive the ten buck camera that took this picture). |
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Tim Servo
Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 924 Location: Silicon Valley
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:
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Neat! This is one of those "why didn't I think of that?" things.
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State Machine
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Tim Servo
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State Machine
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | Pretty hard to beat for the price, but where's the fun in buying something you don't have to solder? |
Yes, I like this one even better. Unfortunately, I don't find soldering power cable very much fun I would much rather be solder components on a PCB or at the very least, making my own custom data cables ............
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Thomas Henry
Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Southern Minnesota
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:
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Tim Servo wrote: | Or if you want a pre-made solution, there's also the "Power Squid" with 5 'tentacles' available at Fry's (and others, I'm sure).
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Yeah, if a person's going to do it, do it with a bunch of terminators. You probably can't tell from my crappy picture, but my unit can handle six wall warts at once. Each terminator is double-sided, which is the way extension cords come anymore.
Again, total cost was $3 and it took less than 5 minutes to make.
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Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 24083 Location: The Netherlands, Enschede
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:
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Thomas Henry wrote: | Again, total cost was $3 and it took less than 5 minutes to make. |
And when you need it the shop is closed anyway _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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State Machine
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | Each terminator is double-sided, which is the way extension cords come anymore. |
Ahhh, cool, now we're talkin' ...... 3 bucks ...... OK, I would build one |
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State Machine
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | Or if you want a pre-made solution, there's also the "Power Squid" with 5 'tentacles' available at Fry's (and others, I'm sure). |
OK, maybe I wont build one .... .... Well, I just purchased two of these "Power Squids" for use at the next Electro Music conference for use by any of the performers including myself ... They will come in handy ! I even bought the stupid Power-Squid T-Shirt, I am a sucker for T's, for $9.95
Thanks for the Link Servo !!!
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