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slug54:

Hey I'm looking for a smart power strip that works well with mame cabs so I can power on the PC and it power on the light speaker system etc..

I just tried the Rocketfish green power strip from best buy which did not work for me. Aparently the idle current from my PC is too high and it keeps the strip powered up all the time.

I will be returning the rocketfish strip and would like to get something else that people have had good results with.

Thanks


emerica:

I built my own following the spystyle tutorial. Works well and I have been using it for the past six years to power everything up.

I am having trouble finding the tutorial but basically you take your run of the mill power strip and solder in a 12v relay switch behind the first outlet. Computer goes in first outlet and you run a lead from the 12v power supply from computer to relay in power strip to turn on the other outlets.

Nephasth:

I use a Belkin and am happy with it.

drventure:

Walmart has the philips smartstrips for around 20$

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=philips+smart+powerstrip&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=git&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=675&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=12079581742279381328&sa=X&ei=0YfbTrPXCO6K4gTv9uDRDQ&ved=0CHEQ8wIwAA

Model SPP4061I/17

You can tell it because it has a single unswitched plug higher by itself and a "master" plug on the left end.

I've used it in 2 builds now (my buffet and my radio cab) and it's worked perfectly. You can usually find them online even cheaper, but every walmart I've been in has em.

drventure:

Plus they were awfully easy to work with when my house got struck by lightning and it fried everything behind that strip (can't really fault the strip in this case, I had devices behind very nice APC UPS units get fried, along with the UPS).

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