Anthony,
I just bought several power strips from Tiger Direct. They are 10 outlet
surge suppressors. There are four outlets on the top spaced such that all
four can accommodate wall warts. Then there are two rows of three on the
side for other plugs. hen I bought them, they were on a two-for-one sale so
I got two for the $20 rather than only one. here's the link. Watch out for
email line wrap. It's a long URL.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1213255&Sku=ULT315722
73, KY2D
Jim Kutsch
Morristown, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 15:19
Subject: Re: battery charger questions
On another subject, is their a good power strip that will accommodate wall
warts?
I would think that you could maybe rotate the outlets or maybe they would be
spaced further apart.
I also heard that someone sells three prong extensions that are maybe six
inches or a foot long so you could plug those adapters into a regular power
strip.
Just a thought.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] battery charger questions
> Well, I have a lot of things, and with power supplies, and the kinds of
> plugs with the chargers i have you can't fit all of them on one supply,
> but I'm not worrying about it. My mother has been on me to get organized,
> so here I am. She just wonders why I ave so many radios,but that is part
> of being a ham, and after all the hard work in studying.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Colin McDonald wrote:
>
>> Your mother sounds like mine used to be when i was at home...a little
>> paranoid about all the wires and things plugged in...i guess if i had
>> snap
>> tied all wires together in a neat bundle, plugged everything into power
>> bars
>> and created a true fire hazard, she probably wouldn't have
>> complained...but,
>> having all wires separated, and wall warts plugged in as many different
>> circuits as possible, it looked, to someone who doesn't know better, like
>> it
>> could be potential for explosion hi hi.
>> I think those chargers when not plugged in take such a minuscule amount
>> of
>> power that you would have to have literally hundreds plugged in to even
>> register anything on the power bill, and even then, the amount would be
>> pennies. Even if they were all in use, the actual drain is pretty low.
>> This kind of thinking goes hand in hand with the idea that keeping the
>> heat
>> off in the winter in your car saves on gas....totally unrelated, but can
>> make sense to someone who doesn't know better.
>> If she puts up a big fuss, ask her to unplug all her appliances when not
>> in
>> use, all household consumer electronics have a transformer of some kind
>> in
>> them, and are doing the same as your chargers when not actually turned
>> on.
>> I found this to be "different" somehow when i was at home lol.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:39 AM
>> Subject: battery charger questions
>>
>>
>> > Hi everyone, over the weekend my mother asked me to unplug the various
>> > battery chargers I have when they are not charging anything because of
>> > the
>> > fact that it would waste electricity. The ones I have in use mainly
>> > are
>> > for the THF6A, and my Trekker GPS and a couple of scanners, and I just
>> > keep them plugged into the various power supplies so I know where they
>> are
>> > all the time, but I didn't think they'd be wasting electricity when not
>> > in
>> > use? I'm not to worried about it, for now, but if anyone knows for
>> > sure
>> > let me know, and thanks in advance.
>> >
>>
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