Tiggs

My Tv corner has a Tv, AMP, DVD, Xbox, digi sender, wirless router, telephone, etc all pluged into two wall sockets....so half of them are in 4 way multi plug things............does anyone make a product that you can plug LOTS of things into at once? preferable to wire directly in instead of using a bulky plug?

anyone?

OllyK

A few suggestions - FWIIW
1) Put a spur in off your existing plug. Pretty simple job
2) You can use block connectors to connect a number of things, you just need to watch the safety aspect.
3) A Junction box
4) A 6 way extension lead
5) A UPS

OllyK

You also used to be able to get an extension where you replaced the standard plug with an kettle style plug - that worked well.

You can also get a plug that's about the same size as a 3 way block that you can hard wire up to 4 devices in to.

TelBoy

Olson do heavy duty 8 way extension blocks, about £60 iirc, but virtually indestructible.

paul-s

I have a total of 1 plug socket in my bedroom. into that goes 5 duraplugs (4way adapters) and a couple of doubles. its something like 24 plugs/devices. obviously they dont all run at once but its been like that for years, they have anti surge on some of the adapters too. what are the consequences of having this many ??

RB5 Paul

Have a look at stands unique's website they do a plug that you can wire 4 things into.

Tiggs

Fire, explosion, death and mayhem?

Trashman

Fire, death, destruction.

paul-s

fire death destruction mayhem....but its been a good 7 years like that and not so much as a spark ? so why would the threat be there ? its stuff like stereo, tv, amp, decks, mixer, fridge (), etc.
theres not really a lot i can do tho about it is there ?!

TelBoy

LOL. Armageddon too <nods>

These days, with modern wiring - not a lot is the honest answer.

OllyK

With modern circuit breakers, it should be fine, they will trip if there is too much draw. If you have old "fire starters" then it may be time to re-think!

The main thing is to make sure it doesn't all get too hot, as that can be the start of the problem. Try immersing it in a bucket of cold water that should help*







*Disclaimer - if you fry yourself trying this I know nothing!

Markus

Might be worth looking into one of these

I've got some 8 way thingy, with surge protection and clean power supply and it's great. Still need more sockets though

OllyK

Just finished wiring out my study (about 8 foot square) 8 x double sockets, a broadband phone socket, a double phone socket 2 x CAT 5 sockets and a TV / FM / DAB / Satellite socket. One wall is just solid sockets

Tiggs

that would look nice in my living room!

Tiggs

the worst thing is the items that have a transformer plug..they are so large you cant use the socket next to it!

anyway to combine 3 transformer items into one transformer?

OllyK

That depends if they are all the same voltage or not and how handy you are with a soldering iron!! You can also get externsion strips with oversized spacing to cater for transformers - you need to hunt about with google for that.

It's soundling like adding a couple of spurs with double sockets is going to be the preferred solution.

Freak

4 technics turntables
2 cd turntables
1 mixer
2 eq/kill units
1 EFX unit
1 amp
1 CD recorder
1 MD recorder

All on at once, and all running from a double socket via 4 ways daisychained...

I wont even type whats running for the stuido/production setup- as to be honest it scares the crap out of me.

Suffice to say, everything is turned off when i am not in the room.

paul-s

wow !

what type of music are you producing ? my mates a prof. dj and has a bedroom full of equalisers, mixers + sampling stuff ! im just looking into using starting usin software to get to grips with it all.