Last year, my dorm was still on the original wiring from the late 50's when the building was built. I had one outlet by my desk and a second outlet on the other side of the room. About once a week, the girl next door to me would dry her hair and trip the breaker. It was incredibly annoying since it would usually happen early in the morning and my alarm would end up not going off.
They did some electrical upgrades this summer and now I 7 outlets but they are all above my desk, so I'm forced to run surge bars (since nothing else is acceptable) over my room to power my fridge and microwave and especially my alarm clock. By hey, at least the power isn't going out every week.
The dorm my sister lived in had one outlet up near the ceiling above the bed and that was it. It was pretty hard to get things set up well when you are running power strips all over the place. It makes the room look horrible.
Obviously it is expensive for the electrical systems to be upgraded but it is just a matter of time before rows of power strips cause a fire and cost students their lives. Then some universities will ban any type of outlet extending device and we will be screwed...
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Last year, my dorm was still on the original wiring from the late 50's when the building was built. I had one outlet by my desk and a second outlet on the other side of the room. About once a week, the girl next door to me would dry her hair and trip the breaker. It was incredibly annoying since it would usually happen early in the morning and my alarm would end up not going off. They did some electrical upgrades this summer and now I 7 outlets but they are all above my desk, so I'm forced to run surge bars (since nothing else is acceptable) over my room to power my fridge and microwave and especially my alarm clock. By hey, at least the power isn't going out every week. The dorm my sister lived in had one outlet up near the ceiling above the bed and that was it. It was pretty hard to get things set up well when you are running power strips all over the place. It makes the room look horrible. Obviously it is expensive for the electrical systems to be upgraded but it is just a matter of time before rows of power strips cause a fire and cost students their lives. Then some universities will ban any type of outlet extending device and we will be screwed...