Outlet Wall Helps You Manage Cables

1. whysharksmatter
   June 29th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   That's got to be a fire hazard... clever, though.

2. unohav_1
   June 30th, 2009 at 12:55 am

   Hotels SO need this in their rooms! I have to travel with a power strip. But yeah, fire hazard. Wishful thinking.

3. AntDude
   June 30th, 2009 at 1:01 am

   How much power can all those use?

4. Skipweasel
   June 30th, 2009 at 1:58 am

   But it's only power - what about all the other cables?

5. Mytake
   June 30th, 2009 at 2:59 am

   Is it me or does that look slightly dangerous and unnerving?

6. wow
   June 30th, 2009 at 3:20 am

   now childproof all the unused plugs...

7. Skipweasel
   June 30th, 2009 at 4:28 am

   Ah, if you lived in the UK all your sockets would have been childproof since the late 40s.

   Despite which, you can still buy "childproof" covers for BS1363 sockets, in a classic example of "Won't someone think of the children". I presume someone saw them abroad and spotted a marketing opportunity to needlessly gouge money out of ill-informed parents.
   If used wrongly, the "safety" covers can actually make things a lot worse.
   http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/

8. anotherguy
   June 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am

   And when the water sprinklers go off... fzzzzt.

9. caroline
   June 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am

   What a safe and practical solution.

10. Babycakes
    June 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    how much is the electric bill?

11. dont
    June 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    Very cute idea, obviously impractical, but it would look SO much better with interesting socket plates. The possibilities are endless!

12. Sadie
    June 30th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    I bet only some of those work and the rest are decorative.

13. Kalel
    June 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    And people were complaining about blatant plugs on Neatormama!

14. intelnm
    June 30th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    i would hate to be the electrician that had to wire it.

15. Forrest
    June 30th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Folks... you can have as many outlets as you want. The breaker to that wall is probably 20 Amps, or there could be several circuits. Overload the wall and the breakers will trip.

    It's only a fire hazard if the capacity of the wire is substantially below the breaker rating... i.e., if the wire gauge is too small and the breaker too large and the demand exceeds the safe capacity of the wire.

    Electricity isn't that complicated.

16. JamesM
    June 30th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Photoshop. The shadow for each plug goes directly down, despite the angled nature of the shot. The shadows are also the same size for every plug, despite two being obviously a bit bigger. (The warts.)

    Installing an outlet by itself doesn't consume power, so having this setup (with nothing plugged in) wouldn't increase your power bill... but certainly would decrease structural stability of the house... as each outlet in your home is anchored to a wall stud behind the sheetrock. In order to have that configuration (and knowing the size of the outlet boxes), the studs would have to be less than half the width (traditionally a 2x4) while being massively perforated by nails (several for each outlet)... not to mention the wires running through. So yeah, not only is it impractical, expensive to implement... it's also nearly structurally impossible.

    They DO make junction box like arrangements that have several outlets condensed inside a small area that would fit within two studs of a standard framed house, though...

17. JamesM
    June 30th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Photoshop. The shadow for each plug goes directly down, despite the angled nature of the shot. The shadows are also the same size for every plug, despite two being obviously a bit bigger. (The warts.) There is also no depth to the shadows at all. (Especially behind the TV.

    Installing an outlet by itself doesn't consume power, so having this setup (with nothing plugged in) wouldn't increase your power bill... but certainly would decrease structural stability of the house... as each outlet in your home is anchored to a wall stud behind the sheetrock. In order to have that configuration (and knowing the size of the outlet boxes), the studs would have to be less than half the width (traditionally a 2x4) while being massively perforated by nails (several for each outlet)... not to mention the wires running through. So yeah, not only is it impractical, expensive to implement... it's also nearly structurally impossible.

    They DO make junction box like arrangements that have several outlets condensed inside a small area that would fit within two studs of a standard framed house, though...

18. JamesM
    June 30th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Strange. Sorry for the double post, folks. My browser crashed after the first time and ctrl-f5 didn't display the post once I reloaded this page. *grumble* Yay for paste buffers.

19. VonSkippy
    July 1st, 2009 at 2:16 am

    "it’s also nearly structurally impossible"

    Um...no, not if it's NOT a load bearing wall.

20. free virtual worlds
    July 1st, 2009 at 5:22 am

    our office definitely needs this sort of setup

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