New Power Adapter Fixes Space Issues

Tributaries has just announced a solution to all or your oversized power adapter woes. The new T12 power strip features 12 different outlets and eight of them are located on the edge and can be rotated by as much as 90 degrees. The adapter also provides surge protection for RJ-11, RJ-45, and Coax if you so desire.

Comments

Hasn't this been solved already?

[effigiate]

You can just buy one foot sections of "extension" cable that allow you to use all the outlets on your strip...plus they're cheap.

WAY too expensive

[d3ac0n]

Ok, 12 rotating power outlets and surge protection for $120.00 US....

Or I could just get 3 of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/81f6/

for less than that, still have surge protection, and get 3 MORE outlets to work with.

How the hell does this garbage rate Slashdot front page status?

Power Squid = Better

[corsec67]

The Power Squid or PowerSquid Surge are better, since you can get the same amount of outlets for cheaper, and they can be plugged into larger wall-warts easier. Even better is that you can often get the Power Squid for free from ThinkGeek through the geekpoints program.

This /. advertisement is just silly, this isn't news, and is barely stuff that matters.

Good for high-end home use.

[loimprevisto]

I was a little skeptical about the price and capabilities of this thing, but a PDF from the manufacturer's website makes it look like a good deal, even at the price. The problem that I usually run into when looking for a surge strip/UPS with a lot of outlets is the total power the strip can handle. Many of the cheaper ones cap out around 1000VA or less, but it looks like this one will handle whatever you can draw without popping a standard residental 15A breaker:

Electrically, the T12 is rated at 1875 Watts, 125VAC/15A 60Hz. Its Surge Protector circuit covers all three "legs" of the AC line. With a voltage-spike protection of 6KV and a clamping voltage of 330V, the Surge Protector can dissipate 4320 joules of energy. Surge protection is also provided for the Telephone/Modem, Network and "F" connectors. To prevent unwanted EMI/RFI noise from entering connected equipment, the T12 is engineered with a wideband Line Filter that will reduce noise up to 58dB from 150KHz to 100MHz.

Comes with a $25k warranty for attached equipment too... I think I remember seeing APC strips with 100k coverage, but really- what do you plan on plugging into it that would make a difference?

Re:Price

[orclevegam]

Or even better, buy a PowerSquid.

Nothing New

[forceofyoda]

I bought one of these about 8 months ago. What's so great about this new one?

Cheapest alternative

[pauljlucas]

These 6-inch extension cords, while they not have grounded outlets, are just the right thing for all those gadget power bricks that have the plug coming right out of the brick (and most of those are non-grounded anyway).

Re:A makeshift fix at best

[Detritus]

Why? Low voltages are inefficient for power transmission. To provide well-regulated power to modern circuits, you need a voltage regulator that is physically close to the circuit. Pick up a modern motherboard and you will see one or more DC-DC converters used to power the CPU and other circuits.

Re:Price

[Hadlock]

You can buy six regular strength surge protectors for the price of this. You'd have to be hit directly with lightning for the products plugged in to the 6th strip to get zapped. I always chain at least two anyways (Dallas area is prone to lightning 2-3 times a month year round, 1-2 times a week in late summer).