As the
number of digital devises in the household increases we face new problems. Not
being able to find the chargers and the arguing who’s charger has been found
and who has the right to which power plugs and when. But the main problem is one
of aesthetics – the messiness with all the devices, the chargers and the cords
ruining the impression of the room.
There are a
lot of charging stations on the market – but they are expensive and they are
not flexible in respect with number of devices and the diversity of devices. At
least haven’t I been able to find a charging station that suits our needs. So I’ve
constructed one myself.
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| Super Multiple Charging Station |
I got the
idea when one of my friends told me about using a bread bin in order to get the
charging devices out of sight. It didn’t work, though, and instead she bought a
charging case from IKEA – but that were no good either. The combination of
bread bin and IKEA made me think. And the next time my wife went to IKEA I volunteered
to go with her. I was thinking about a
shoe storage box I’d seen. More appropriate, however, seemed a recycle box with
the price tag of around 13 dollars (79 DDK, Danish Crowns)
I got the
idea when one of my friends told me about using a bread bin in order to get the
charging devices out of sight. I didn’t work, though, and instead she bought a
charging case from IKEA – but that were no good either. The combination of
bread bin and IKEA made me think. And the next time my wife went to IKEA I volunteered
to go with her. I was thinking about a
shoe storage box I’d seen. More appropriate, however, seemed a recycle box with
the price tag of around 13 dollars (79 DDK, Danish Crowns)
The box is
made from an outer and an inner box making the inner box slide in and out as a
vertical drawer.
So
basically the idea is to have the chargers in the bottom of the inner box and
draw the cords in the space between the inner and outer box making them available
on top of the box for the smartphones and in top of the inner box for other
devices as tablets and notebook/chromebook.
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| L: Inner box R: outer box |
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| Pulling power cord out |
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| Pulling power cord out of outer box |
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| Inside inner box |
1. Drill
holes in the bottom back of the inner box for drawing out the cords. 2. Make holes
in the top of the back of inner box for the cords to enter inner box for the
netbooks and tablets. When making the holes be aware that they are big enough
for the charging head – or you can slide between two holes and forces the head
through. 3. Drill holes in top of the outer box for making the cords/charging
head available on the top of the closed box.
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| Inner box back L: top |
Attach
power cords in the bottom of inner box pull it out and either in again in top
of inner box or through the top of the outer box. Attach the inner box within
the outer box. Put a piece of cloth over the messy cords and plugs and plug in
the power cord you’ve pulled out of the whole box (As seen in picture 4 above)
My guess is
that you'll be able to do this in an hour. You need a drill (size: 10-15 mm, a
knife, a recycle box, a multiple power socket or two to combine).
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| iPod, Android phones, Chromebook, iPad & Nexus 7 (iPad Mini and iPhone was out of the house) |
