Patent ID: 7905749

Claim:
An electrical ganged-outlet device mountable within an electrical equipment rack and connectable to be in power supplying communications with electrical devices in the rack, the electrical ganged-outlet device comprising in combination: a plurality of NEMA compatible electrical power outlets each comprising at least one power-connection element electrically couplable to a respective electrical device; at least one common power line electrically interconnecting the at least one power-connection element among the plurality of NEMA compatible electrical power outlets; at least one separate, dedicated control power line electrically connected to a second power-connection element of each of the NEMA compatible electrical power outlets; and a printed circuit board comprising one or more power control relays and a relay controller, the printed circuit board electrically connected to a power source, wherein the at least one separate, dedicated control power line is coupled to a corresponding power control relay and electrically connected to the power source via the printed circuit board and power control relay, and wherein each power outlet of the plurality of electrical power outlets comprises a separate outlet housing having a connection terminal for the common power line that interconnects with the at least one common power line.