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Wall outlet wall

Because one can never have enough access to power.

Idea: The Outlet Wall [Thanks, Alden!]

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Posted by: Sean Michael Ragan on June 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM

That wins. Big time.

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Posted by: Doctor Allen on June 29, 2009 at 2:26 PM

I'd rather have outlets at chair-rail height to make rooms safer for pets and toddlers, but the height of outlets is probably in the building code somewhere.

It almost certainly is illegal to put so many outlets on one wall.

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Posted by: Becky Stern on June 30, 2009 at 9:12 AM

In garages, sheds, and other places where there is the possibility of flooding, the regulation height is much higher, about light switch height. That's how the outlets are in my studio (where the water heater also is). I'd imagine you can install outlets higher than regulation, just not lower (for the flooding thing).

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Posted by: Gareth Branwyn on June 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM

I'm sure it's not meant to be taken seriously. And I bet most of them are not wired.

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Posted by: Anonymous Jerk on June 30, 2009 at 3:35 AM

Structural strength?

If that's drywall behind there, and all those outlets are real, then wired or not, that is an accident waiting to happen. The paper on the drywall is what gives it its strength, and if there are that many holes for that many outlets, if someone sneezed wrong, they'd probably blast through that little bit of gypsum and paper that was holding everything together.

Unless, of course, that wall is also full of studs and/or someone used regular plywood instead of drywall.

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Posted by: Rob on June 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM

relax

Its a photoshop concept.

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