The other day Cool Tools pointed out a product called the PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier and I'm planning to pick one up over the weekend for my server area in my basement. Down there I have a DSL router, a firewall appliance, a WiFi access point, and two VoIP ATAs plugged into a power strip which feeds into an uninterruptible power supply. (See VoIP Service Stayed Up for Three Hours During Power Failure Thanks to a Good UPS if you want more configuration details.) The AC adapters for those five devices are relatively big. They each cover part of the electric outlet next to the one they are plugged into in the power strip.

A device like the PowerSquid would make it possible for me to use all of the outlets that are attached to it. I think the design of the PowerSquid is very simple and logical, and the price seems to be quite reasonable. I could use one of these around my desk in the Home Office and behind the television in the living room as well.

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