The Outlet Wall concept is true wall wart nirvana
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 16th 2009 9:19AM
posted Jun 16th 2009 9:19AM
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Ugh. Imagine child-proofing that.
Beat me to it.
THEORETICALLY, you could only have outlets above a certain height that were live, essentially child-proofing it. It might take away from the wall wart nirvana though.
I think that it would be easier to outlet-proof the baby.
I don't think people with the time and money to make such projects have kids!
beat me too!
Or girlfriends, friends, lives..
+1 on house proofing you child instead of child proofing your house. I just love when people with child proofed houses come visit. The entire time is spent with them trying to control their little monster.
I can tell my 2 year old "one finger only" in the china/dishware department at Macy's and she is perfectly responsible. I love the look of horror on the old ladies' faces.
Why, let them learn the same way I did as a child. They will only stick their finger in a light socket once. If they keep trying, well maybe society is better off.
@barry99705: I remember first poking the socket when I was four. I then poked it again for the thrill.
Imagine adding another row of outlet covers every couple months as your child grows!!!
Add three rows all at once when they learn to stand.
Add another ten rows when they reach monkey-stage and start climbing on things....
Yup, that's the first thing that came to my mind.
It's a really cool concept though.
I hope he never has kids...good luck trying to baby proof that one.
russian roulette anyone?
Sure... but on my electric wall, you would do well to know your prime numbers. :)
nice bonds. Nice.
I dont know why but i want this in my living room
I don't know about that. I can't stand it when I loose a plug to a bookshelf.
I want it in a renter's apartment, wired to an 8A fuse.
*cackles*
can't imagine what it look like inside that wall.
WIRED!
Wall-E
good one.
You guys should read first.
He said that not all outlet has live wire underneath it.
Most of them are just plain outlet.
YOU should read more carefully, It say's they don't all have to be connected, but his may well be!
"As David points out: "Of course you don't have to actually wire all the outlets on the whole wall for electricity, but you'd better come up with a good way to remember which ones are live."
Way to blow your fuse box lol
Technically, you could have 30 million plugs on a circuit, as long as you aren't using them all, and you'd be fine.
Not quite 30 million.
With that many outlets dont go straightforward.
First the line length starts to increase resistance, and that means the voltage will drop.
Then comes the problem with inductance even if you could get over the resistance. Long lines have inductance which means the current phase to the voltage phase shift. If the current phase isnt same as voltage phase the power will decrease. With 30 million outlets phase shift could be as high as 90 degrees -> no power even if theres current.
lol id love this wall but i can just imagine all the guests going "what the..." when they see it, thinking i have some mental illness and love collecting powerpoints.
that's exactly what I wanted to say when I saw this post...
Pin the tail on the donkey anyone?
ive never wanted a wall more than right now.
tough economy, eh?
2 weeks and I bet he forgets which ones are live and he has to go around with a tester.
Isn't it so much easier to just make them all live? Darts, anyone?
Obviously these people do not understand the concept of resale value... 0_o
Depends, if you are selling to a gadget nut, then you have added some serious value to your house.
such an ugly looking wall
It would be cheaper and more attractive to just paper the wall in one dollar bills.
All you need now is a party and someone pissing or throwing some alcohol at the wall. Let the sparks fly!
What kind of parties do you go to? I tend to avoid the ones where people piss on walls.
@Jstro
You know people that piss alcohol? Awesome!
JStro, you're missing out.
@scyber
Wow, what a buzzkill...
...I don't get it.
EPIC FAIL!
whateva... you know you secretly want one ;)
Nope. This really is a fail. It's the perfect example of wasteful energy usage.
@BigD145
No energy is wasted unless you plug something in.
"you'd better come up with a good way to remember which ones are live."
trail and error. it never fails.
It's called trial and error. It sometimes fails.
I thought it was called "natural selection"?
I know, right?
Use a male to male patch cord to live up rows or sections - just be careful what you touch
Id love to have that but having that many live outlets might make me buy something to fit into every one......
I want... need this!
Ha very nice.
don't have enough paperclips for this job. will need backup.
pretty cool but it would be hard to do. Just think of the breaker box.
I'd like to see your home inspector's face with THIS getup.
That's pretty sweet. That's going in my man cave.
I'm assuming the room we are looking at is inside a double-wide trailer somewhere in Arkansas?
surge protection?
Could you imagine the size of the battery backup UPS this wall would need???
Hey!!! I love this wall!!!
.... maybe this one is controlled by the switch... nope... maybe this one is controlled by the switch... nope... maybe this one....
LOL
Wire them all up and you could do patterns with night lights, sort of a giant light bright.
British style plugs would look much much better.
I really don't want to keep these all dust-free :p
The wall is like something out of the movie Brazil. And I kind of like it. This would be great for a basement server room, making your place look like something out of the movie Pi.
I feel like it's staring at me.
Doubles as a key and knife hanger.
I can see it like it's right here in the room.
Electrician- "You've got to be shitting me!"
David Friedman- "No really, I want the whole wall covered in outlets, no sheetrock showing."
Electrician- "My rates just went up."
boss
The true art is behind this wall, I want to see the PVC Electrical Conduits. It will look like Window's Screensaver.
This wall will produce some of the most epic fails in history if ever implemented.
It will be a master piece of tragedy and hilarity.
wow this is my setup at my house! minus the cool wall, but i have everything else exactly, kinda creepy really.
I think someone's in for a surprise when they get home!
LOL
Yeah, Im sure the fire marshall past the final inspection on this wall, what could go wrong??
A practical way to execute this idea is to get wallpaper with the outlet design already on it. You could then cut out and install outlets where necessary (assuming you can get the wallpaper and studs to line up). You could even use colored outlet plates to match the color scheme of your room.
Wallpaper is so 90s.
Talk about buying in bulk.
I am tempted to calculate the cost to do this to my wall.
Is this the equivalent of setting up one of those massive power towers in your living room? I'm not sure if I need an additional method of getting brainrot while watching TV.
Imagine they all were GFCI outlets. I'd go nuts having to push RESET on all of them if the circuit pops.
craptastic.
I'd plug in my cell phone chargers by the door near the ceiling. Then charging phones could just dangle from the cord (if it fits well enough) at chest level, in your line of sight, by the door. No more fighting for shelf space.
I do not like it, but oh well. It's at least something new!
Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe we have just found the reason for the energy crisis.
Good luck with the electrical safety inspection. He'll probably tell you to tear it down, or report you to the city.
My God, that's beautiful.
so what happens when we go wireless
His wall would be vintage. Maybe place in a museum of useless junk.
Very cool!
But how about an induction based power wall? do away with the sockets altogether!
is that yao ming's house? can you even reach the top slots?
the wall of energy. the plug-bearing wall. that's dope.
There isn't anything wrong with this setup according to the fire code, so long as he followed the NEC regulations on the number of outlets per circuit. I'd sure hate to see his distribution panel though.
I kinda like it in a weird way. Maybe one day I can do it to my home office!
There has got to be a code violation in there somewhere... but i really want to do it now.
I would imagine that the robot that goes around stealing your electricity would just nut on itself when it sees that wall.
This is an accident waiting to happen.