OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21681/Dreaming_Big_Outlet_Wall Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:09:22 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Comment by Laurence http://osnews.com/thread?368826 http://osnews.com/thread?368826 Great idea up until you spill a drink Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments RE: Comment by Laurence http://osnews.com/thread?368833 http://osnews.com/thread?368833 Do you spill drinks on the wall very often? =)~

I'm not sure about the aesthetics, but it'd certainly be a boom for the energy company, electricians, and whatever company makes those plastic child-proofing outlet inserts! Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Fusion) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Laurence http://osnews.com/thread?368875 http://osnews.com/thread?368875
Do you spill drinks on the wall very often? =)~


I do after a few drinks ;) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments Code violation... http://osnews.com/thread?368883 http://osnews.com/thread?368883 I'm sure this is some kind of electrical code violation.

I believe there are actually limitations of how many outlets can be safely tied to a single circuit, and unless this guy has a separate circuit for every 10-20 outlets, I'm guessing no licensed electrician would assist in this project.

And I don't want to kill the mood or anything, but this wall has to be absolute hell for EMI/RFI interference... it's generally best, if you can, you run your low-voltage wiring as far away from your house electrical wiring, and whenever you do need to run near it, to cross over it perpendicular.

NO THANKS, this is a disaster waiting to happen. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (umccullough) Comments RE: Code violation... http://osnews.com/thread?368932 http://osnews.com/thread?368932 Here in Europe, the standard says (or said?) you can attach max. 10 sockets per one circuit with one 16 A circuit breaker.

As the sockets are usually ready to be "daisy-chained", the wall as pictured is pretty well doable - but not very practical, sure. Who'd put the plug somewhere near the ceiling anyway? Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Yeti) Comments