Liberate Your Power Strip Outlets
By Benjamen Johnson
Sure, you could drop the money on a new Power Squid, but if you already own serviceable power strips with a few blocked outlets, why not just buy a few Power Strip Liberator cables from Ziotek? They’re not just for power strips — you probably have a few regular outlets blocked by power adapters somewhere in your house or shop.
Ziotek constructs these UL-listed 1-foot extensions with 16AWG wire and heavy-duty molded ends. Plug the Liberator cable into the power strip and the bulky power adapter into the Liberator cable. Now you can access every one of those outlets on your power strip.
You can buy Power Strip Liberator cables for as low as $1.25, but beware of $5 shipping charges. This might be one of those items that’s more economical to purchase at the hardware store, if you can find it there.
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November 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Try Fry’s Electronics.
November 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Good idea, but would it then be legal to continue to call them “wall warts”
November 21st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
If your local hardware store does not have it, see if your local electronic/electrical supply place has them. Once you find them, get enough to always have one on hand.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Wal-Mart as well.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I just make my own.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Also available are extenders with a second outlet. this one is on the back of the plug.
This 2 for 1 is much more useful.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I hate it when the heavy wall wart on the switch end of the power strip turns the switch off while you are wri
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 am
Ahh, the penny finally drops! I was always wondering who on earth would buy a 6″ extension cord but now I know why the local electronics shop sells them.
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I have a dedicated charger station setup using a similar power strip but their Y extensions.
http://www.ziotek.com/Templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=9921
November 24th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
@ChrisW.
LOL Nice one mate.
November 25th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Monoprice.com is the best place for cables! Cheap shipping too!
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10228&cs_id=1022801&p_id=1300&seq=1&format=2