Pop up socket pole for kitchen island ideas

[markymark2406]

Hi

ive been looking for a pop up 13amp pole for a kitchen island, i can find ones with USB charging sockets but none with network sockets, any ideas anyone?

 

[Taylortwocities]

What exactly do mean by “network sockets”

Do you mean RJ45 as used for Ethernet networks, or something else?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Ahem

PP107S4UACQHL Pop up Power 4 x Individually-fused Sockets 2x USB 1x Ethernet HDMI Qi Wireless Charging

Pop-up desktop power extension w/ 4 x Individually fused UK Sockets (3.15A, BS5733/A certified). Integrated wireless charger, keeping your smartphone and tablet charged has never been so convenient. Integrated 0.5m GST18/3 tale cable AND 2m GST female extension cable, offering you the...

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[Sureitsoff?]

£95 on amazon ! does have a qi charger on top though

 

[winston1]

4 individually fused sockets. Don't they know plugs have fuses in them?
Just noticed fused at 3.15A. What. Your kettle! Your toaster! Wouldn't have that on a kitchen island.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

fused at 3.15A suggests it uses odd size (physically) fuses ie glass fuses 20mm ?

 

[bernardgreen]

fused at 3.15A suggests it uses odd size (physically) fuses ie glass fuses 20mm ?

It does, and mentions it in the description that "standard" 13 Amp fuses will not fit.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Possibly made for a desk, not a kitchen worktop. But I posted merely to illustrate that if you Google (even a bit) then it’s possible that a solution may appear.
Over to you @markymark2406

 

[Sureitsoff?]

I didnt scroll down far enough to see the bit about changing fuses.......

 

[plugwash]

There appears to be a standard (BS6396) for office furniture (which has recently been expanded in scope to furniture in general) incorporating sockets fed from a 13A plug requiring sockets to be individually fused and no more than 6 of them to be supplied from one upstream 13A plug, god knows why.

I would be very reluctant to up-fuse a product based on what some distributor says. Especially when they seem to be suggesting up-fusing it with a fuse that does not exist.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Someone, somewhere does not know plugs are fused, or is seriously lacking in brain cells.

A bit like your lighting/sockets hobby-horse.
Maybe it’s fused low to stop an office worker from plugging in a MIG welder.

 

[Taylortwocities]

A MIG welder would not have a 13a plug on it if its loading was greater than 13a. If it was lower it should not matter.

I repeat:

Someone, somewhere does not know plugs are fused, or is seriously lacking in brain cells.

There’s no need to repeat. You obviously miss the reason for the fuse in this PARTICULAR environment!

 

[Robin0577]

This might fit the bill?

Sensiopod Pop Up Socket + 2 x RJ45 - Aluminium | Philex (SE80060AL)

Clearance stock though, so might not be available for long

EDIT - Perhaps not, no USB on that one!

 

[sparkwright]

Ahem
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PP107S4UACQHL Pop up Power 4 x Individually-fused Sockets 2x USB 1x Ethernet HDMI Qi Wireless Charging

Pop-up desktop power extension w/ 4 x Individually fused UK Sockets (3.15A, BS5733/A certified). Integrated wireless charger, keeping your smartphone and tablet charged has never been so convenient. Integrated 0.5m GST18/3 tale cable AND 2m GST female extension cable, offering you the...

www.allcam.uk

Very misleading instructions. They say you can replace the 20mm fuses for 10 or 13 amp, they then say these fuses are available to buy from them, and then they only offer 10 amp ones.

BS 646 fuses (19mm x 5mm?) supposedly only go up to 5 amp.

Would the 20mm 10 amp ones the company can supply do?

Or do 13 amp ones exist? Counterfeit or otherwise?

 

[JohnW2]

Someone, somewhere does not know plugs are fused, or is seriously lacking in brain cells.

Are you suggesting that the authors of BS 6396 qualify as such a "someone"?