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AJ Dual

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Where can I find short little power cords?
« on: May 12, 2009, 10:12:17 AM »
Like these....



Preferably cheap, like the $1-2 they're worth. I just have a small forest of power bricks that need to be plugged in at my bedside and they're all taking up two outlets on my splitter, and I don't want to invest in the whole price of an Octo-squid/cat-o-nine-tails style surge protector.  :mad:

I know I could build them from Lowe's/Home Despot parts and bulk cable, but it would again go over budget, and be time I'd just rather pay Indochinastan $.25 to spend making them...

I've checked DealExtreme and KaiDomain and struck out.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 11:00:12 AM »
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 11:52:07 AM »
Harbor freight.
http://www.harborfreight.com/
Not seeing them online, but that doesn't mean they don't have them in the store if there is a location near you.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2009, 12:03:47 PM »
Quote from: Telperion on May 12, 2009, 11:00:12 AM
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10228&cs_id=1022802&p_id=1300&seq=1&format=2

Those look great. I'll get those if I can't do better.

Anyone seen 6" ones?

And Jamis, I never need an excuse to go to HF.  =D
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2009, 12:06:45 PM »
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 12:40:14 PM »
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Ill soon be blaming your for the destruction of my bank account.

Yes, me too.  I don't know what I need a 1000ft of cat5 cable for... but I'm sure I'll figure something out.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 01:33:49 PM »
Quote from: jackdanson on May 12, 2009, 12:40:14 PM
Yes, me too.  I don't know what I need a 1000ft of cat5 cable for... but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Similar prices at my local Lowes. . .
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2009, 02:19:27 PM »
Can't beat momoprice for premade cables...

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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 06:42:29 PM »
I was going to say in a Ramones song, then I saw the picture.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 07:47:12 PM »
AJ,
If you need to block together several strips, be careful about total load (amps), K?

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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2009, 11:04:49 PM »
Quote from: Leatherneck on May 12, 2009, 07:47:12 PM
AJ,
If you need to block together several strips, be careful about total load (amps), K?

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It's two laptops, two cell phones, a bluetooth charger, an alarm clock, two table lamps, and sometimes a heating pad for Mrs. Dual.

My lamp with two 60 Watt incandescents is probably the biggest load on the whole thing. Her lamp is a compact fluorescent.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2009, 11:25:41 PM »
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Similar prices at my local Lowes. . .

Yeah, changed my mind after checking it out more...

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Can't beat momoprice for premade cables...

I was considering running it through my walls and making outlet connections throughout the house...  I have quite a few things that NEED to be done before I start on that project though.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2009, 09:05:55 AM »
Monoprice is heaven for cables.  I ordered all the HDMI and speaker cables I needed for my entertainment center rebuild for less than what a single HDMI cable would have cost me retail at Best Buy.
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Re: Where can I find short little power cords?
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2009, 10:18:21 AM »
Quote from: jackdanson on May 12, 2009, 11:25:41 PM
Yeah, changed my mind after checking it out more...

I was considering running it through my walls and making outlet connections throughout the house...  I have quite a few things that NEED to be done before I start on that project though.

Oh, in that case, thumbs-up on the cat5e at Lowes.

I got FIOS about a month ago, so I recabled the whole house with new coax and ran cat5e everywhere while I was at it.

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