pretty cool wall outlet

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:40 am

http://www.amazon.com/FastMac-ACE-7702- ... 484&sr=8-1
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Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:27 am

That is pretty cool

Surprised there aren't more like them out already.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:06 am

Haha, nice.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:45 am

I just wonder if running an USB cable next to an AC line over a long distance will cause some sort of electrical interference in your PC? Plus you might have to get male to female USB cables or some adapters, the wall socket is made where you just plug an USB cable into the backside. I think the longest USB cable I seen I think was 30 feet.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:51 pm

RoundEye wrote:I just wonder if running an USB cable next to an AC line over a long distance will cause some sort of electrical interference in your PC? Plus you might have to get male to female USB cables or some adapters, the wall socket is made where you just plug an USB cable into the backside. I think the longest USB cable I seen I think was 30 feet.

it's just a 5v power source,it does not connect to anything else other than power in the outlet assy.

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:17 pm

Add GFI and/or surge protection and you'll be golden!

Post by **Philip** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:34 am

They usually have one GFI for all the kitchen outlets.

I agree it's pretty cool, just that the cost is probably one tenth to manufacture.

Here is another interesting one:
http://www.amazon.com/Ideative-PP1009W- ... ef=lh_ni_t

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:08 am

Those are all pretty cool. Anything that reduces cable clutter is worth a look no matter what.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:59 pm

Dan wrote:it's just a 5v power source,it does not connect to anything else other than power in the outlet assy.

I realize that the 110 and the USB doesn’t connect together anywhere, I’m talking about electrical noise created if the USB cable runs parallel to the AC line for too long of a distance.

I’m kind of talking about something like alternator whine created when your car stereo has a bad ground.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:04 pm

Philip wrote:...They usually have one GFI for all the kitchen outlets...

I think it's code in some places that kitchens and bathrooms have GFIs.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:07 pm

RoundEye wrote:I realize that the 110 and the USB doesn’t connect together anywhere, I’m talking about electrical noise created if the USB cable runs parallel to the AC line for too long of a distance.

I’m kind of talking about something like alternator whine created when your car stereo has a bad ground.

dude,I did'nt say they connected together.

I think you're missing something here.

the usb part of it only goes as far as the outlet.what,maybe an inch ?

did you think the usb runs through the walls back to a pc ?

what are you thinking that it runs parallel to the 110 for any length at all ? except for the maybe 1 inch to within the wall outlet itself.

where do you think the usb goes ? why would there be any long runs ? of the usb ?

and the second thing about noise,we all plug in our usb wall chargers into the wall outlet anyway without any noise issues.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:36 pm

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:13 am

Dan wrote:...did you think the usb runs through the walls back to a pc ?...

Yes, where does it go to?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:47 am

RoundEye wrote:Yes, where does it go to?

nowhere,it's only for power/charging,it only goes to inside the outlet itself.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:41 am

Let me know when they come out with one that will shave and shower me.

hayc59 · Post by **hayc59** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:29 pm

Very Cool!! I like it

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:24 pm

sweet! finally somewhere to plug in the usb Bong!