{"id":41638,"date":"2023-01-22T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=41638"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:16:16","slug":"day-2023022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=41638","title":{"rendered":"Day 2023022!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This Project is in honor of Friend Robyn&#8217;s Birthday.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Who knows: it is the InterWeb, just go with it!)<\/p>\n<p>I did a project today.\u00a0 I installed a new power strip.\u00a0 Not just any power strip, but a pop up power strip!<\/p>\n<p>The Dailylife Wife had seen one of these in an Airstream Trailer video.\u00a0 What Lola wants, Lola gets!<\/p>\n<p>==========<\/p>\n<p>Our trailer has a small outdoor kitchen.\u00a0 There was a small refrigerator, about half size for a dorm room model, an ice maker, a two burner propane stove, and a &#8220;sink&#8221;.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I looked around and realized I don&#8217;t have any photos of the outside kitchen!<\/p>\n<p>So here you see the opening where it is.\u00a0 I have taken the ice maker and refrigerator out: we have never and probably will never use them.\u00a0 The sink and stove are out of the way at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a-600x427.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a-768x546.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302200a.jpg 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I ordered this pop up power strip from Amazon:<\/p>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09198VQLT\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;th=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\">XBA Automatic Pop up Power Strip with Wireless Charger<\/span><\/a><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I also had to order a four inch hole saw.\u00a0 Mine only went to half that size.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302201.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out of the box.\u00a0 It is a simple &#8220;plug in to an outlet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302202.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hole will be in the upper right corner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302203.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I drilled a pilot hole from the bottom, where I spaced the hole to have proper clearance.\u00a0 I used the hole saw to score the bottom of the countertop, then I drilled from the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302204.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, somewhere in there I forgot about the sawdust&#8230;this is after I brushed off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302205.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hole was clean on both sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302206-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is hanging down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302207.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A plastic collar threads on from underneath and tightens the power strip in place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302208.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is plugged in.\u00a0 Fortunately there is even a GFI outlet in the compartment that the fridge and ice maker plugged into!\u00a0 I need to get something to hold the power cord up and out of the way.\u00a0 It is just long enough to do that with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302209.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The finished project!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41649\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302210.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you look closely it is charging the phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302211.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And popped up, there are three 120v outlets, and two USB ports.\u00a0 As well as the wireless charging station on the top.\u00a0 It all took about an hour, mainly because I was not in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302212.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302213.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Day2302213.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>~Curtis in \/-\\rizon\/-\\! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This Project is in honor of Friend Robyn&#8217;s Birthday.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Who knows: it is the InterWeb, just go with it!) I did a project today.\u00a0 I installed a new power strip.\u00a0 Not just any power strip, but a pop up power strip! The Dailylife Wife had seen one of these in an Airstream Trailer video.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,39,16,67,47,66,8,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-historic","category-inspiration","category-life-as-a-snowbird","category-macrocloseup","category-pad-2023","category-photography","category-rv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41654,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638\/revisions\/41654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}