USB charging IEC pass-through widget

[thewinelake.]

I want something like this rough mockup - any idea if it's commercially available?

 

[Electro]

I have never seen or heard of one .

Would one of these be of any use to you .

http://www.rselectricalsupplies.co.uk/bg-white-pvc-twin-switched-socket-with-usb-822u_7883?gclid=CNWmmfrh684CFReeGwods9INNg

 

[Gray]

I have never seen or heard of one .

Would one of these be of any use to you .

http://www.rselectricalsupplies.co.uk/bg-white-pvc-twin-switched-socket-with-usb-822u_7883?gclid=CNWmmfrh684CFReeGwods9INNg

These seem to be becoming quite popular. Those people that advise to always switch off when not charging, I wonder what they think of these. If the ring main's on, the USB sockets are powered.

 

[daveh75]

I have never seen or heard of one .

Would one of these be of any use to you .

http://www.rselectricalsupplies.co.uk/bg-white-pvc-twin-switched-socket-with-usb-822u_7883?gclid=CNWmmfrh684CFReeGwods9INNg

These seem to be becoming quite popular. Those people that advise to always switch off when not charging, I wonder what they think of these. If the ring main's on, the USB sockets are powered.

The ones I have power down the USB sockets when the cables are removed.

 

[iMark]

We bought one of these a couple of months ago when they were flogging them in our local supermarket for €5.

https://www.onlinekabelshop.nl/grixx-optimum-dubbele-usb-lader-met-stopcontact

I'm sure something simalar is available for British sockets.

 

[thewinelake.]

Funnily enough, I was thinking that an adapted socket like that might be a cheaper (and easier) alternative to what I was planning. If I can find a back box made of non-brittle material, I could pop a flushmount IEC socket and Bob would be my uncle.

The idea, by the way is to have a small box mounted on the back of an active speaker that I could plug a Chromecast Audio into such that the speakers would only need mains power. I think A*I did something similar a while back with an "amp pack" on the back of a speaker.