How to get rid of confusion with exercises

Some time ago, I accidentally connected the cable modem network adapter to a router, after which this adapter ordered it to live for a long time. Perhaps this was the last straw in order to take radical steps to get rid of eternal confusion in the wires of numerous power supplies and chargers for wireless (and not so wireless) gadgets lying under the table. When the surge protector is no longer free sockets, it becomes useless to try to just unravel this web. Unravel two wires - three will be confused. A more effective solution was needed. Below is a recipe for one of them and some photos to illustrate it.

Somewhere on the Internet I already saw photos of organizers for chargers. They were special boxes, the inner space of which is divided by partitions. After assembly from such an organizer, only the short tails of each adapter remained sticking out, which deprived them of the ability to get confused with each other. Considering that nothing similar is being sold in our latitudes, and ordering such a thing from an overseas store is not just a matter, but a whole project, I decided to sculpt something similar on my own.

As the basis of the design, a regular drawer of the desk was used. I think the advantages of this choice should be clear without explanation: in the box all the devices will be at hand, the risk of losing one of them is reduced, plus the need to erase the age-old layer of dust with all this joy (yes, once every eternity).

To begin with, in the back wall of the cabinet I cut a hole in the round hole for the withdrawal of wires.



After that, I glued a plastic plug there to give a more appropriate look. Such plugs are sold in furniture stores and are usually used to output wires from the monitor, mouse, and other peripherals to the surface of computer tables.



“Liquid nails” (quick-drying silicone glue) are very suitable as glue. Excess glue after drying is easily cut off with a screen knife.



Through the hole, I pulled out the wire from the power supply filter installed inside, with separate switches on each outlet, and the power cable of the USB box for the external hard drive, which was on my desk. By the way, a day after the photo shoot, I removed this hard drive inside the box, so that only one wire remained out of the back wall.



In order to prevent the tails of the power supplies from tangling up, I rolled them up and secured them with tie straps.

This type of surge protector is no coincidence. Now almost all adapters lack switches. Considering that many devices are not used constantly, it is unreasonable to keep them on continuously for reasons of energy saving and fire safety.

Speaking of fire safety. When assembling, I was worried about the lack of ventilation and possible overheating. There was even an idea to mount a pair of 120 mm fans in the rear wall of the cabinet. In fact, it turned out that nothing like this was happening. Even with the box closed, the temperature remains acceptable. But in any case, it is better to turn off all devices with the main switch if there is no need for them.

Lastly, I want to clarify that such a solution is certainly not possible with any furniture. Inside the cabinet from the photographs there is a gap (about 3 cm) between the inside of the back wall and the drawers. Due to this, the wires brought out do not prevent the drawers from closing and are not pinched.