[geeks] Wireless Routers

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:00:54PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> >> Some [wall-warts] appear to fit in the space of one outlet and
> >> rairly interfere.  I want to know why more can't be like that.
> > It's impossible for two of them to do that if they have bladed plugs
> > though.
> 
> Not so.  I have a phone charger that's a counterexample.  You could put
> one per outlet on any power-strip, provided the outlets are oriented
> properly (plug-blade slots collinear), since it occupies less space
> than the ground pin forces the output to take.
> 
> Unless you want to argue there are significant differences between a
> phone charger and a wall-wart.  I believe the only relevant difference
> is that the wall-wart market demands a lower-cost design than the
> phone-charger market will tolerate.

I wonder about current output differences between phone chargers and
other wall warts as well.  Might a WRT54G require more current than
charging a cell phone?  

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