On October 24, 2014 at 12:22, goldenzrule said...
Why is it necessary for everything to have a giant wall wart or a giant power block? I'd rather have larger equipment and account for that space in a rack than have 20 devices with huge wall warts and power supplies. I have at least 4 devices in this rack that have wall warts so big they each cover 4 outlets on the power conditioner.
I agree with this sentiment 100%.
On October 24, 2014 at 12:34, Ernie Gilman said...
The company that makes the wall wart gets it through UL. It can then be used with ANY product which, because it's using a wall wart, does not have to deal with the time and expense of UL approval (at least not power voltage type approval) for their products. They can offer new products or modify their current ones without the expense of UL. This also makes it more affordable to make products for which there is little demand.
It just occurred to me that this is also why the wall wart very rarely has the same brand name as the product. I've gotten wall warts for one product confused with those for another product because of this, but hey: it was made by someone else!
This never occurred to me before now but it sure does explain the craziness of 1 pound electronics with 2 pound power bricks.
My current "nightmare" is that i have an iPad3 with the old dock connector, an iPhone 6 with the new connector and a mac book pro with a power brick that sits between a thin magsafe cable and a standard 3 prong power cord. Every time i get to a project and unpack i have a lot of spaghetti and i have to find multiple available power outlets. It would be really nice if i had 1 power cord that had a whip with multiple connectors or just a usb block so i can power phones and tablets.
This product looks like it might be the answer
[Link: techtimes.com]
