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I am sure we had this on here before but could not locate the thread.

But with your desktop PC how many plugs do you use?


I have been tidying up my cables. Used around 30 cable ties. I have cable tied the sound wires, all power cables, usb cables and got myself a 6 way surge protector strip.

I had been using multi plug adpaters for ages and it looked very messy.

I am using plugs for the following:

1. Monitor
2. PSU
3. Speakers
4. Printer
5. External HDD
6. Rechargeable mouse unit
7. USB Hub

I am using 5 of these plugs on the surge protector

The other two are on the wall sockets. One is the PSU for my tower. Thought I would put this seperated as it's an important one.

The other is the speakers. It's easier for me to put the plug into the wall socket. I know they both run off of the same circuit but thought I would put 2 outside of the surge protector.

I guess some of you will be sitting there thinking "only 7 plugs?" Or "I got 12 plugs here."

Imagine how much power and how much it would cost in a year to run all 7 plugs for me. Bearing in mind this is my main server we are talking about. It is NEVER turned off. It's powered up 24/7 365.

So how many plugs do you use?

 
That number sounds familiar. Must be all those machines you got there.

How much do you think those 23 plugs cost you a year then?

Are they on 24/7?
 
psd99 said:
How much do you think those 23 plugs cost you a year then?
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Well I bought them for 59p each, so that makes £13.57 :p

Are they on 24/7?
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Oh yes
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lol I meant in terms of power kilowatts that sort of thing................
 
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I have no idea to be honest - all I know is my leccy bill is pretty big :nod:
 
For my own PC :

  • Monitor
  • PC
  • Speakers
  • Printer
  • Joystick (when used)
  • External Hard Drive (when used)
But then all of the other things, like Bex's PC, router, NAS drive etc... all add up to another 10 plugs :eek:
 
Ian Cunningham said:
For my own PC :


  • Monitor
  • PC
  • Speakers
  • Printer
  • Joystick (when used)
  • External Hard Drive (when used)
But then all of the other things, like Bex's PC, router, NAS drive etc... all add up to another 10 plugs :eek:
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What no hairdyer . :eek::p
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Thirty four.

This includes ac/dc adapters.

This also covers a fair bit of AV equipment which is all connected to computers.
 
Only 1 Plug

1 x4Belkin Surge Protector which has PC, Monitor, Speakers & Printer All-in-One plugged into it.:thumb:
 
It is an absolute jungle back there :eek: I have tried many times to "tidy-up" the wires, but as they don't all sprout from the same area and terminate in the same place, it seems to be an impossible task. There are several which form "loops" between each other, such as the speakers (two sets) and printers (er... two of those too.) The maddening ones are the ones with run from USB to peripheral, then have additional power cords running off in another direction (I might cry...:nod: )

We have two surge-protectors with a total of 11 items plugged-in, but on the shelf above those, there are the big-ish transformer thingies that seem to come with everything... printers, laptops, etc.

Wiring is such a sore-point with me, it just seems to be impossible to successfully "capture" them all into nice tidy sleeving, despite many tries :rolleyes:
 
THIRTY FOUR? LOL FLOPPS no wonder the millenium dome was a disaster. You probably took all their electricity being on or around the same electric ring!

Taffy Cat - Use cable ties. I'll see if I can get a picture for you. Cable ties will do the job very nicely.
 
psd99 said:
Taffy Cat - Use cable ties. I'll see if I can get a picture for you. Cable ties will do the job very nicely.
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Cable ties were the last thing I tried - everything was looking pretty good, until, that is, I needed to unplug a few things to change them around..... oh calamity :lol: I then couldn't trace the wires properly and ended-up having to "liberate" them again... I think I lost heart after that :lol:
 
Yes the best way would be to unplug all the cables. Then cable tie them but make sure they are long enough to go back into the plugs lol
 
2 Plugs.

Everything goes into a 2.7kVA APC UPS unit which has two PSU's thus the two plugs for redundancy.
 
I would say around three/four plugs for all of that, and the network which runs in the cupboard has around 10 plugs all into a rackmount PDU and into another 2.7kVA UPS.

I went a bit UPS mad not long ago when we had quite a prolonged power outage, and when it did come back, we were on reduced service, so lights worked, but it wasn't a full 220-240v.

Since that day I've invested a lot into UPS's.
 
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