I know it's not a "cool" topic to post on, but I'm curious what power setups everyone has. With multiple consoles and/or CRT's etc - it ends up being a ton of outlets needed! Right now I am mostly still on just power strips, I have one "power tower" that has 4 separate banks I can turn on and off. This is really useful for things with wall warts that I don't like being powered up and getting warm. The only issue is all the power lights burned out on the unit so I can't actually tell which bank is off or on now.

I'm also awful at cable management, it gets really hard when you have 16 power cords going everywhere!

What are your setups?

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[–] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I really just use a power strip and put some tags on my cables so I know what they go to. I keep a few consoles that get a lot of use plugged in at all times. If there's a brick I only plug them in as needed.

I might look in to getting a RetroTap somewhere down the line.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Cable management is my nightmare right now

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