[ale] OT: powerstrip with narrow plug

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Fri May 10 13:31:14 EDT 2019


That power strip has an overmolded strain relief on the strip end of the
cable so it's not removable.  The cable isn't going to be very small
because of that.

Pete, how big are the louvers in your enclosure?

On 2019-05-10 04:47, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
> Good idea
> 
> On Fri, May 10, 2019, 07:20 Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>> Here's a thought.
>>
>> - Buy a power strip that can be disassembled
>> - Disassemble the power strip
>> - Disconnect the wire
>> - run the wire through the enclosure (it has a thin end now!)
>> - Reconnect the wire to the power strip
>> - Reassemble the power strip
>>
>> Serviceable power strips can be difficult to find but I can confirm that
>> this one has screws underneath (I have this one):
>>
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077ZSC6RQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_
>> s00
>> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077ZSC6RQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00>
>>
>> /Raj


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