Patent ID: 8882536

Claim:
A method of interchanging outlet adapter types in a power distribution unit, the method comprising: (a) providing a printed circuit board, as part of a power distribution unit, having a plurality of outlet adapter receiving locations and a first outlet adapter, wherein the first outlet adapter includes a user-facing outlet connector, of a first outlet connector type, and a printed circuit board-facing inlet connector, and wherein the first outlet adapter is attached to the printed circuit board, via the inlet connector thereof, at a selected one of the plurality of outlet adapter receiving locations; (b) removing the first outlet adapter from the printed circuit board; (c) providing a second outlet adapter, having a user-facing outlet connector, of a second outlet connector type that is different from the first outlet connector type, and a printed circuit board-facing inlet connector; (d) attaching the second outlet adapter, via the inlet connector thereof, to the printed circuit board at the selected one of the plurality of adapter receiving locations; (e) prior to the step of removing the first outlet adapter, of removing a first cover plate that is configured with an opening, of a first size, to accommodate the first outlet adapter; and (f) after the step of attaching the second outlet adapter, of replacing the first cover plate with a second cover plate that is configured with an opening, of a second size, to accommodate the second outlet adapter.