Power bar ideas for reef tank

[Rickybobby]

Hey everyone. So the problem. I have a qt tank and main display side by side. I have a no more outlets available. I was creative. Don’t want to know. Luckily the ai prime and Nero cords are crazy long and stretched across the floor! For now! Not the finished look I want. So my wb 65.4 by next week will need 2 ai primes 2 neros one return pump. 1 is sterilizer. One inkbird one skimmer. So 8 outlets. The uv and Nero have big receptacles and take up space. Any ideas what is a good power bar idea?

 

[GuppyHJD]

Amazon - Kasa 6 outlet powerstrip

 

[JosephM]

I like buying the heavy duty ones that have individual switches on each outlet. You can find a 6 outlet one with spaced out sockets for i think $32 on Amazon. I’ve never had the urge to get smart ones because nowadays everything has timers and such built into it and I run almost everything 24hrs besides the obvious stuff and they have built in timers.
Edit - this is the one I use with no complaints. Obviously not top of the line at that price point but it’s good
6 Outlets Metal Power Strip Surge Protector with 6FT Heavy Duty Cord,6 Individual Switchs,Wall Mountable Power Strip.

 

[Rickybobby]

I’m in Canada. What do you think of this one. Wow what a great idea. 10 outlet and a bunch are spaced out for those huge plugs!

 

[JosephM]

I’m in Canada. What do you think of this one. Wow what a great idea. 10 outlet and a bunch are spaced out for those huge plugs!

Looks great! These type of things are IMO mostly preference as well.

 

[Gtinnel]

I will agree that the kasa power strip is great but it may not help with your issue with the size of the transformers. There is more room between the outlets than most cheap power strips put may not be enough.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Are your outlets already gfci protected or do you need a power strip that is gfci?

 

[Rickybobby]

I do not need gfci protected

 

[Desperado Lucky]

I use two of these, and they’re great.


I have one each plugged into two different GFCI outlets, in case one outlet trips. Made sure each had a power head.

 

[Desperado Lucky]

Looks like that is not showing up. Product is: Tripp Lite 7 outlet (6 individually controlled) surge protector/power strip

 

[Ratherbeflyen]

I tossed out all my AC to DC power brick adapters and bought one 24v 500 watt DC power supply. I run everything DC in my tank from it except the wavemakers I run off a different brick for water circulation redundancy.

That's how I'm only using 4 outlets on my reef keeper. A pair of heaters and the two aforementioned AC to DC power supplies. I also do have a pair of 160w T5 lights that run off of a $20 wifi power strip because it's cheaper then new power bars.

If you can't combine some of the DC power supplies, try the wifi power bar.