Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> Newsgroups: aus.cars,aus.electronics Subject: Re: OT: Pedestal fan purchase Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 19:34:53 +1100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <6572389d@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net M6jUUtMYfMteDR+40Ar1swd6XI2XO9W1la8fOSmValmE8dzg0w Cancel-Lock: sha1:oXxzIC57QifIcHsIZpu3LK9ev6Q= sha256:WlAadZREc6AtRCMljf5hj4xZNgf4TZwy7qLXQPoQdtI= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.17.1 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 231208-0, 12/8/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com aus.cars:363058 aus.electronics:35678 Daryl wrote: > On 8/12/2023 11:07 am, Sylvia Else wrote: >> On 08-Dec-23 8:26 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>> In aus.cars Sylvia Else wrote: >>>> On 08-Dec-23 4:09 am, Rod Speed wrote: >>>>>> Something to watch out for. >>>>> >>>>> Why are you assuming that it's a bad thing ? >>>> >>>> If you like wall-warts everywhere, then fine. >>> >>> Huh. I can see a few reasons why I wouldn't like a DC pedestal fan, >>> but I honestly never thought that anyone would be bothered by the >>> meer presence of a plugpack on a wall. >>> >>> I suppose they can be awkward to use with extension lead though, >>> which a fan could often be used with. >>> >> >> I find that plug packs, especially the higher power ones, often take >> up more than their fair share of space on a power socket, and render >> the adjacent socket unusable. > > > That can be a problem, I've put up lots of Christmas lights and > finding space in a power board for the power supplies can be a problem > which is why I end with a string of power boards. > I control the lights with smart plugs and earlier versions were quite > big, so big that you can't fit 2 on a double power point but the > manufacturers must have figured that out because today I bought 2 tapo > "mini" smart plugs and they will fit side by side in a double power > point. > what's happened to your BFF? strange for him to be MIA for three days -- Have a nice day!..