Quality power strip with switch?

Altan

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I've got a game (SuperGT) where the power switch is very difficult to reach. I want to use a power strip with switch to turn it on and off. This would be placed next to the game in an easy access position.

What has surprised me is the poor quality power strips. Specifically, the power switches feel terrible and only rock 1/8 in or so. I have look at target, home depot and some office supply stores.

Anyone know of a quality power strip with a good switch?

... Altan
 
Bumping my post... am I the only one who thinks all power strips (that I've found, at least) suck?

... Altan
 
Bumping my post... am I the only one who thinks all power strips (that I've found, at least) suck?

... Altan

Home Depot has nice ones that are metal with a nice switch. I just bought one for the gayrage.
 
I went to Fry's, bought one of the 5-ft surge protection strips, put it behind a row of 6 games, plugged them all into the strip, plugged the strip into an outlet controlled by a light switch, and now just flip the light switch for that wall of games to come on...
 
I don't trust power strips either. I recently put a few UPS's in for my games. I was wondering though if it's better to use the on/off switch on the game. I was thinking these games were designed to stay on most of the time and not turned on and off a few times a day like I currently do.
 
You want to be sure that if you're using a UPS that the output is as close to a real sine wave as possible. These games all rely on transformers (isolation transformers in all games for the monitor, and power transformers for older games with linear supplies). The square wave output of some older UPSes doesn't play nicely with transformers, they'll run hotter since the core is saturating too much.

Honestly, turning the games on for a couple hours at a time is fine. Leaving them running when you're not around is just a waste of electricity, and puts extra hours on picture tubes, marquee lights, etc.

Use whatever you want to switch the game on and off. Power strips are fine, as is the power switch on the top of the game (that's what it's there for!).

-Ian
 
Thanks everyone. I will look a bit harder...
 
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