Talk:Power strip

message: my ideal for this page would be to get at least one relavent image for each section and have them all showing different types of socket 
trying to represent every type of socket would just be image overload unless we had a lot more text (and i think the subject is covered pretty comprehensively) but representing one country twice would show national bias. Plugwash 16:59, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: images

message: user:GreatWhiteNorthener unilaterally changed power strip to powerstrip furthermore he broke an image link (two if you coun't one that was commented out) in the process and he was making corrections to text in html comments suggesting hasty use of an automated tool. 
google gives about twice as many results for powerstrip than power strip BUT the first page for powerstrip has no mention at all of the electrical item. 
also our article is called power strip so using powerstrip in the text would be inconsistant (unless we move the article)
finally power strip seems more correct to me (in the same way do not seems more correct than don't)
comments please Plugwash 11:43, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: power strip vs powerstrip

message: The term "flex" is not very common, and is somewhat colloquial.  I would use power cable.  A more technical term.
Adam850 06:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Afaict general useage (including in diy books and among electricians) in the UK is that cable means fixed wiring cable and flex means flexible cable used to connect appliances. So using the word cable is actually a bit misleading to brits imo. Plugwash 16:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

text: The correct term in the UK is flexible cable, although this is almost always shortened to flex in practice. It would be unusual in the UK to refer to an appliance cord as simply a cable. --Ali@gwc.org.uk 22:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Flex" 

message: I've added a mention of the PowerSquid, because it is an alternate power strip design that hadn't been mentioned in the article.  I'm concerned, though, that what I wrote reads too much like an advert for ThinkGeek; I'd mention some other products of a similar design, but I haven't been able to find any. ~ Booyabazooka 20:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  PowerSquid 

message: PowerStrip is also a very powerfull MultiMon/Display hardware utility, I couldn't find a page for that? I think this awesome utility deserves a page-- RadicalSatDude 21:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, please add info on that program! NakiBest (talk) 17:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  PowerStrip - MultiMon/Display hardware utility 

message: "An overload protected board cannot cause damage or trip distribution boards when plugged into them, that damage can only be done by surge protected board by the way the MVO's inside them are manufactured. Both boards have a reset switch."
What does this sentence mean? What is a distribution board, and what damage is he reffering to? 124.177.182.212 (talk) 09:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  from surge protection: 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hey there, I recently wrote a story about AC adapters, and highlighted the bit of history about the invention of the power board from Australia, which seems to be the prevailing bit of history of the creation of such a device. However, I learned after the fact (after a commenter pointed out to me that there were examples of prior art) that the three-outlet power strip predates the 1972 creation by at least 43 years, and there is a patent design contemporary (but patented before the Australian invention) that has a design much closer to what is used today. For that reason, I updated this section to clarify the nature of the invention, as the 1972 invention clearly isn't the earliest example.
Ernie at Tedium (talk) 12:30, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  History