I'm working on putting together a mobile work station that consists of my laptop, an eGPU rig, and external monitor. These 3 devices take a 65W(19.5V, 3.3 A), A 12V (150 W Max), and a 60W (12V, 5A) AC to DC power supplies (respectively). I want to connect these three to a single cable that I plug into the wall (Standard USA 110VAC). I thought about just connecting them all to a power strip and then plugging that into a wall... but that leaves a lot of extra cord and weight to what is supposed to be a "mobile" system.
Isn't a power strip just a fancy way of connecting these cables in parallel? Could I not just cut and solder the cables into a parallel arrangement to achieve the same effect? That way, I could house the converters in a small plastic casing; running one cord to the wall, and the other three cords to their respective devices.
Isn't a power strip just a fancy way of connecting these cables in parallel? Could I not just cut and solder the cables into a parallel arrangement to achieve the same effect? That way, I could house the converters in a small plastic casing; running one cord to the wall, and the other three cords to their respective devices.