Well, I'm pleased with it: cable management idea

Peter Scott · 2005-10-08T17:12:00+00:00

I am fitting a new desk top for younger son's study. I needed toallow computer cables to go from underneath to the desk topand vice versa. I had just spend several days sanding and sealing theslab of pine and didn't want to cut a hole in it. The slab butts against astud wall. Musing (as one does) I realised that a double cavity wallsocket box set in the plasterboard, with the longest side vertical, andequally above and below, would have room for several cables. I'lltrim a blanking plate to seal off the hole.Just thought I'd share that with you...

Oct 08, 2005 25 Replies

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meow2222 20 years ago

I have a lot of kit - if a lead is too short later, I plug another in. May not suit the kind of folk that dont have more IEC leads around tho.

no. I find the 2 problems are:

they overheat when something lands on them
they fall out of sockets, especially upside down ones.

yes, more for computer accessories, ie speakers, scanners, printers, etc.

This thread reminds me there are many solutions, each with its own pros and cons. And all are better than stripping the wire back and taping them all together with no plugs or sockets, as is standard practice in some countries.

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Mike Barnes 20 years ago

The other objection I have is durability - I much prefer those moulded plugs to rewirable ones. Mind you anything that reduces the volume of IEC leads in my storage crates would be a good thing.

not much lands on them when they're upside-down :-)
if any of mine fell out of a socket I'd regard that as a fault

Agreed.

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Peter Scott 20 years ago

Or perhaps a gold-plated flea on a stand for nit-pickers

Peter Scott

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Grimly Curmudgeon 20 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Peter Scott" saying something like:

With an old-fashioned polished brass surround magnifying glass mounted on a plinth next to it.

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:::Jerry:::: 20 years ago

Sometime when

display

polishing,

mounted

Or perhaps a clockwork animation, like those that some cobblers have in their windows, a couple of men with hammers and chisels together with their company board - "Joe Bodgit & Son"!...

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Peter Scott 20 years ago

Cobblers? Chisels? Hmmm! So the word bodge means something you don't approve? Perhaps the Uxbridge English Dictionary for new meanings for old words??

Peter Scott

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