[sudo-discuss] sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 27, Issue 27

[Oren Beck]

You see the way of it:}

Making the finished units leaves a LOT of room for situation aware details.
Scavenging power strips that use commercial grade outlets seems to have
done well for laptop/soldering tables. There's so many outlets per foot of
strip depending on which style you get.

One method  might best be laid out as X number of outlets fed by each
breaker- with a screamingly obvious paint scheme to show which outlet is
powered by which breaker.

If each outlet has a LIGHTED cube tap in it you gain both visual powergood
confirm and wear transfers to the "cheap&easy" no tools replaceable  cube
tap instead of the strip's hardwires outlet.

OR- we go to a "Good Enough-IS" model where dirt cheap plastic power strips
get drill hacked for a low amp breaker&call it Done...


Hehe- Perhaps Sudo develops a Participant Ritual where one desiring to is
mentored in making their OWN breaker strip? Hardware Sudo in action might
be a punnish meme.

The summary being that when completed- usability of however we do it-
becomes nearly effortless joy.

Oren Beck

816.632.3695

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 5:02 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

> i think you have a really good point - it might be a worthy investment to
> get 3-4 really long (high outlet count + long, heavy gauge cord), high
> quality power strips w/ something like this to replace the mishmash of
> different table receptacles we have now and localize outages as much as
> possible. the line coming into the box in the stage balcony i think is like
> 100 amps so we have some room to grow, but your suggestion is very
> practical for our application where we have been doing alot of uncontrolled
> daisy chaining.
>
> On 2015-01-30 11:32, Oren Beck wrote:
>
>  Re: Replace Sudo elec outlets with GFI
>>
>> I may be able to lower the Drama Levels by suggesting that folks Hardware
>> Hacking on mains voltage use a WAY LOWER amp breaker for their Hackery;
>>
>> http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/cb-1605/5-
>> amp-push-to-reset-circuit-breaker/1.html [2]
>>
>> Either shell out a few bucks to buy one& slap it into a power strip... or
>> scavenge a similar/lower rated one from some scrapworthy device. Idea is-
>> the 5er or lower will pop WAY before risking anyone else getting shut down.
>> I had a "test box" with Variac. volt&amp meters and switch selectable
>> breakers from 1/2 to 15 amps for test/hacking and it saved a lot of
>> headaches let alone preventing damages:>
>>
>> HtH
>>
>> Oren Beck
>>
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