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Dervacumen:

Check out this remote controlled electrical outlet.

Anyone use one of these in their cabinet?  I'm thinking I might give it a whirl for my upcoming bartop.  Requiring the remote to turn it on could be a double edged sword, though.  Nice to control access (especially for kids) but maybe not as convenient.  Heck, I could see using these to control access to my daughter's electronics arsenal.



ahofle:


--- Quote from: Dervacumen on May 22, 2007, 11:37:30 am ---Nice to control access (especially for kids) but maybe not as convenient.  Heck, I could see using these to control access to my daughter's electronics arsenal.

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Can't you just unplug it and plug your devices straight into the socket?

Pretty interesting idea for MAME cabs though.

ChadTower:


--- Quote ---Don't let your low budget poorly operate your life.
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 :dunno

Odd thing to have in the product desc.  I bought a couple of those as Xmas gifts this past year but have no idea how well they worked.

Yeah, to effectively control access, you'd have to build a little locked box so they couldn't remove the cab plug from the remote socket.

SavannahLion:

Looking around, I found them on geeks.com even cheaper at $15.99. Might be even cheaper elsewhere.

Who's the manufacturer? No site I found so far mentions the manufacturer and the strange advertising blurb makes me think these are cheap POS from China or something. caveat emptor.

ChadTower:


If you wait around until holiday decorations are on retail shelves, you can get all sorts of outdoor grade remote control outlets for good prices.  Far far better than these.

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