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phizzle:
I went with the powerstrip, i hacked the on off button to the original rocker switch on my space invaders cocktail, and I hacked the end of the powercable on to the end off the strip, so now it all turns on and off with one switch, but only becuase i have a pre-atx power supply. but not only one switch, the oringinal switch, and the oringinal plug in cable.
ddoyle1996:
Don't forget about the "Smart Strip" found here:
http://www.bitsltd.net/smartstrip.html
It's only $30.00. Add a cheap power supply and you're good to go.
I use this in my cab. You press one button (your computer power button) and the strip turns on all other devices. It works by detecting when your computer power supply begins drawing a high amount of current. It then switches on other devices connected to "switched" outlets. It even has "always on" outlets. I use one of those for my marquee light. So, the marquee light is always on, and everything else comes on with the press of a button.
bionicbadger:
I bought this switchable powerstrip:
http://www.annasys.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=580574
It was mentioned a while back on another thread. Its kind of cheaply constructed but works ok. The computer is plugged into the control outlet (which always has power to it) and the other outlets are automatically switched on when the computer is on. So the speakers, monitor, and marquee light are all plugged into those.
My computer has a bios option for power up on any keystroke, which is what I use to be able to turn on everything in my cabinet with any button press on my control panel. Then when I'm done, normal shutdown will turn everything in the cabinet off, no flicking of any switches and only one cord running out of the back of the cabinet.
These things aren't needed, but they sure are nice and handy.
Homebrew:
bionicbadger i thinks thats the same strip i bought, but i bought mine from dalco. I don't have a link handy though. Dalco's site looks just like that htough. Any way, i was curious as to whether your's ever makes noise once its powered down? Mine seems to make this weird clicking sound. Its very sporadic, but it almost always does it. It will do it periodically over several hours. Its gotten to where i have to turn off or unplug the powerstrip to get it to stop. Its really frustrating me. Its probably a bad strip, but i'm past the warrenty. Sadly, it didn't even get used until a couple months after i bought it. Just wondering if anyone else experienced anything like this with one of these strips.
-Kevin
zzsprade:
Does anyone know where to find one of these power strips in Australia at all? It is the perfect solution for what I am looking for!
-Alex