# OT, but I'd welcome your thoughts...

Posted by Uncle Pete (89 SE) on July 07, 2002 at 14:57:27:

OK, in work I've got a cabinet of 30 laptops that go out to classrooms for kids to use. The machines have batteries that last for about an hour and a half, and take an hour to charge, so there are obviously power issues with back to back lessons.

I could potentially issue each machine with its power supply, but mosts of the classrooms aren't equipped with 20-30 sockets. What I'm looking for is a sort of 'one box' solution that can be used to power, say, 10 machines.

Short of finding a bloody big bench power supply and wiring ten sockets to it, have you guys seen anything that might solve this problem?

Cheers chaps :-)

Replys:

- Probably way more extreme than you want to do, but --> Matt (93SE) 21:04:52 7/07/2002 (2)
  - That's just what I'm thinking of actually! Uncle Pete (89 SE) 01:33:00 7/08/2002 (1)
    - try looking around here--> Matt K (89 SE 5spd) 11:24:07 7/08/2002 (0)
- At my highschool, we have..... NicZ (89 GXE) 20:36:32 7/07/2002 (0)
- I know there are power bars with up to 8.n/m dmontzmax (92 SE) 15:27:17 7/07/2002 (0)

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: OK, in work I've got a cabinet of 30 laptops that go out to classrooms for kids to use. The machines have batteries that last for about an hour and a half, and take an hour to charge, so there are obviously power issues with back to back lessons. : I could potentially issue each machine with its power supply, but mosts of the classrooms aren't equipped with 20-30 sockets. What I'm looking for is a sort of 'one box' solution that can be used to power, say, 10 machines. : Short of finding a bloody big bench power supply and wiring ten sockets to it, have you guys seen anything that might solve this problem? : Cheers chaps :-)