At last count, my office contained 26 things that need connection to the AC power supply.
And when something needs to be unplugged, it used to take me ages to find the right cord, and I often would unplug the wrong thing and the computer or some other item would die.
I tried labelling the cords with bits of tape, but that was too fiddly. Colour coding was also a pain to maintain. So I invented a simple, elegant solution that really works.
I got a Pentel Fine Point correction Pen from Officeworks, and use it to write the name of the connected item onto the plug or AC adaptor body.
This only takes a couple of seconds. It is now very easy for me to see exactly what will die when I pull that plug out of the power outlet.
Why not try adding up all of the things in your office that need power. How many do you have?
