Office Nomads Power Outlet Pole Thingys

[Toni Hogan]

Office Nomads has some poles throughout the middle of their space with
power outlet cluster at the bottom (see link for photo). I can't tell
if they are "home made" or OEM (manufactured). Either way I need to
know how to get 'em! :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20916143@N03/6964907393/lightbox/

[Toni Hogan]

Thanks. Believe or not, I searched for "power poles" and didn't get
what I was looking for. I'll bet it comes up now. LOL!

thanks again....

TH

On Apr 1, 11:24 pm, Adrienne Normand <arnorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are called "Power poles" and are metal housings made UL listed for the
> purpose of running electrical conduit from the J-box in the ceiling to the
> floor.
> When you buy electrified modular furniture (AKA: Cubes, but now there are
> many alternatives without getting panels), the product will come with these
> poles.  However, I believe any commercial licensed electrician (who you
> will need to do the work) can supply them as well.
>
> Adrienne

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[Jacob Sayles]

I'd like to find ones that are flexible.  We have a couple areas where the tables get moved around quite a bit when we have events and such and it would be nice if we weren't confined by these poles.  The trick is making it look nice and not just hanging an extension cord from the ceiling.  Any ideas on that sort of thing?

Jacob

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[Jerome Chang]

Some office spaces use raised flooring so that power is available every other grid or something.

Otherwise, I saw an interesting installation @Indie Desk where they have a re-coilable piece hung from the ceiling structure.  I'd imagine something similar but on a ceiling grid made of unistruts.

Jerome

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[Alex Hillman]

The Work Spot in Atlanta actually has extension cords in the retractable containers hanging from the ceiling - kinda like the thing you see in a machine shop. They're awesome, and look really cool. When they're not in use, the cables just zip up out of the way. 

https://img.skitch.com/20120402-mp9g5w13b6nyft2tnr3tg2gsw8.jpg

-Alex

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[Randall G. Arnold]

On the subject of nomads and power outlets, my recent wry take on some irony: http://post404.com/2012/03/powering-down-mobile-power-users/

 

Randy

 

[Jenny at eeko]

We did the hanging auto shop outlets and they have been great. Keeps the floors clean from cords and we even attached these hangman guys to them so they're easier to pull down for us shorties  http://db.tt/Fxz6M8NV

Kindest Regards,

Jenny Poon 

CO+HOOTS

On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Adrienne Normand <arno...@gmail.com> wrote:

One thing you could do is get tables with power that daisy-chains.  That way not all tables are dependent on your one power source....only the first one is. 

Adrienne

[Alex Hillman]

Where are people buying the auto-shop power cords from? Any links to share?

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[Jenny at eeko]

We asked some auto shop folks locally and they ordered for us but here are some on amazon. You can search retractable electric reel to find. 

Bayco SL-800 Professional Retractable Reel with 30-Foot Triple Tap  Bayco  $43.99 $42.70

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Kindest Regards,

Jenny Poon 

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[Aliza Torok Schlabach]

Jenny, what a great concept - and I love the hangman guys!  Do you happen to have (or can you take) a photo of the space from further back, showing these guys hanging from the ceiling in multiples (in context of the desks)?

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[Randall G. Arnold]

Something I forgot to mention: at our little post404 venture we are VERY BIG on coworking, and have some general articles planned to cover the advent.  We are also interested in doing profiles on particular spaces, so if you're interested, let me know!  We'll just need a few photos (space, founders, users, etc) as well as some quotes (either voluntary or in response to questions).

 

Looking forward to working with you all,

 

Randy

[Kevork M. Derderian]

Hey All,

About any type of electrical item like this can be seen on www.grainger.com 

[Toni Hogan]

Whooohoooo! This is awesome. We've been in a meeting with the landlord
this morning and talked about this very thing. Great to come back to
this conversation. I'm loving the auto shop power cord idea because of
the flexibility in rearranging a room!

Total awesomeness!

Toni

On Apr 2, 11:35 am, Jenny at eeko <je...@eekostudio.com> wrote:
> We asked some auto shop folks locally and they ordered for us but here are some on amazon. You can search retractable electric reel to find.
>

>         Bayco SL-800 Professional Retractable Reel with 30-Foot Triple Tap
> Bayco
> $43.99 $42.70
>
> Sent using Amazon Mobile for iPhone
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Jenny Poon
> CO+HOOTS.com
>

> On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Where are people buying the auto-shop power cords from? Any links to share?
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> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
> > On Monday, April 2, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Jenny at eeko wrote:
>
> >> We did the hanging auto shop outlets and they have been great. Keeps the floors clean from cords and we even attached these hangman guys to them so they're easier to pull down for us shorties  http://db.tt/Fxz6M8NV
>
> >> Kindest Regards,
> >> Jenny Poon
> >> CO+HOOTS
>

> >> On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Adrienne Normand <arnorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> One thing you could do is get tables with power that daisy-chains.  That way not all tables are dependent on your one power source....only the first one is.
> >>> Adrienne
>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com> wrote:
> >>>> I'd like to find ones that are flexible.  We have a couple areas where the tables get moved around quite a bit when we have events and such and it would be nice if we weren't confined by these poles.  The trick is making it look nice and not just hanging an extension cord from the ceiling.  Any ideas on that sort of thing?
>
> >>>> Jacob
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[Jacob Sayles]

Now is there anything similar for ethernet?  

Jacob

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[Joshua Marpet]

Google "Retractable Reel Ethernet"

http://www.lightcastnetwork.com/retractable_reels.html