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| Thread ID: 146028 | 2018-04-04 05:18:00 | Smart (sort of) power strips | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 1448085 | 2018-04-04 05:18:00 | I recently saw an article about a powerstrip that had (say) 6 sockets. One was a master, and the others were linked to it so that when a device plugged into the master socket was switched on, it also supplied power to whatever was plugged in to any of the other sockets, and likewise when the master device was turned off, so were the other ones. This seemed to me to be a really useful idea, but alas I've lost the link to the article and I haven't been able to formulate a correct set of search terms to find it again. I found all sorts of stuff with smart surge protectors and strips controlled from your phone, but that is not what I'm talking about. Has anyone here heard of these? Are they available in NZ? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448086 | 2018-04-04 05:24:00 | master/slave power strips, they go by many names though, like trailer gang, etc | Kame (312) | ||
| 1448087 | 2018-04-04 05:39:00 | master/slave power strips, they go by many names though, like trailer gang, etcI googled master/slave and didn't get anything useful. Are they available in NZ? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448088 | 2018-04-04 06:35:00 | Only $5! :) www.jaycar.co.nz |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1448089 | 2018-04-04 06:42:00 | Only $5! :) www.jaycar.co.nz That looks like it. I wonder why it didn't come up when I searched. Yes - $5 - I wonder if the old "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is" applies here. I'll check it out, anyway. Thanks. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448090 | 2018-04-04 08:00:00 | I put SWMBO's DEsktop on one. Got it from Mitre 10. Works well |
Colpol (444) | ||
| 1448091 | 2018-04-04 10:26:00 | Seems to make a lot of sense. For a PC, once the computer is off (master) it can cut power to the monitor, speaker, modem, external drives and whatever else is attached. The trap will be that there will be some level of power draw required to keep the circuits live, and many low draw items likely will not keep the other circuits live. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1448092 | 2018-04-04 10:34:00 | I'm actually thinking of it for my workshop, so I can power up the tablesaw and have the dust extraction come on as well. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448093 | 2018-04-05 01:16:00 | I'm actually thinking of it for my workshop, so I can power up the tablesaw and have the dust extraction come on as well. You could just use a double adaptor for that. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1448094 | 2018-04-05 02:31:00 | That looks like it. I wonder why it didn't come up when I searched. Yes - $5 - I wonder if the old "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is" applies here. I'll check it out, anyway. Thanks. Down from $55 to $5 and "From 28th of April 2016 onwards, this product can no longer be sold to New South Wales customers. " So doesnt meet modern safety requirement : double pole switching Im tempted to get one, its only $5 . Cant be as unsafe as the $10 multi jobs from The Warehouse etc. |
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