(This Project is in honor of Friend Robyn’s Birthday. Why? Who knows: it is the InterWeb, just go with it!)
I did a project today. I installed a new power strip. Not just any power strip, but a pop up power strip!
The Dailylife Wife had seen one of these in an Airstream Trailer video. What Lola wants, Lola gets!
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Our trailer has a small outdoor kitchen. There was a small refrigerator, about half size for a dorm room model, an ice maker, a two burner propane stove, and a “sink”. The sink is really just a plastic basin in a pull out drawer with the stove, with a sprayer that connects to the water with a quick disconnect fitting in the wall. I looked around and realized I don’t have any photos of the outside kitchen!
So here you see the opening where it is. I have taken the ice maker and refrigerator out: we have never and probably will never use them. The sink and stove are out of the way at the bottom.
I ordered this pop up power strip from Amazon:
XBA Automatic Pop up Power Strip with Wireless Charger
I also had to order a four inch hole saw. Mine only went to half that size.
Out of the box. It is a simple “plug in to an outlet”.
The hole will be in the upper right corner.
I drilled a pilot hole from the bottom, where I spaced the hole to have proper clearance. I used the hole saw to score the bottom of the countertop, then I drilled from the top.
Of course, somewhere in there I forgot about the sawdust…this is after I brushed off.
The hole was clean on both sides.
Here it is hanging down.
A plastic collar threads on from underneath and tightens the power strip in place.
Here it is plugged in. Fortunately there is even a GFI outlet in the compartment that the fridge and ice maker plugged into! I need to get something to hold the power cord up and out of the way. It is just long enough to do that with.
The finished project!
If you look closely it is charging the phone.
And popped up, there are three 120v outlets, and two USB ports. As well as the wireless charging station on the top. It all took about an hour, mainly because I was not in a hurry.
~Curtis in /-\rizon/-\! {!-{>
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