Pricing is between $17 and $25 defending upon the dealer and where you shop. These two new products will deliver more power from your extension cords, and the 6-foot cord on the 8-outlet model stands on its own fairly well. Just be sure you’re not running a tile saw or something that would throw too much debris on your electronics! It’s also nice to be able to charge your smart phone on the fly while you’re working. It gave us the opportunity to go back and forth easily without having to wait to plug and unplug the saws.
While we only ran one saw at a time, having several plugged in at once was handy. We used the Yellow Jacket metal power blocks to run power to several table saws that we were testing.
Using the Yellow Jacket Metal Power Blocks
Built in 15a circuit breaker provides protection against electrical overload.Yellow Jacket 8-outlet USB Power Block Details Lastly, the Yellow Jacket 8-outlet power block gives you an integrated On/Off circuit breaker switch so you get some minimal overload protection with the ability to reset the system via the switch. The twin USB ports will deliver up to 2.4 A to charge a tablet or mobile phone-and in record time. Not to be confused with cheap alternatives, the Yellow Jacket 8-outlet power block has a steel housing and convenient handles that serve double duty as a nice cord wrap. And while we don’t view it as necessarily rugged, it does have a cover for the two USB ports-which are quite a bit more sensitive to water and dirt incursion than a power outlet. It is, however, a good fit for an office or the shop. We’d use the Yellow Jacket 8-outlet power block with USB as an in-house product rather than something we’d throw into the mud at a job site during framing. Yellow Jacket 8-outlet USB Metal Power Block Features Mountable power block conveniently and safely add outlets anywhere you need them.Integrated safety circuit breaker, Industry approvals: UL / CUL Listed.Converts 1-outlet to 4-outlets for use in homes, workshops and offices.Yellow Jacket 2177N 4-outlet Power Block Details Just make sure the supplying cord is 12/3-like the Yellow Jacket extension cords we reviewed earlier. An integrated safety circuit breaker and lighted switch round out this product-there’s not much else to say about it, in fact. If you’re tempted to balk at the 14/3 gauge, the truth is that a 4-foot run at that gauge can handle up to 20-amps without causing noticeable power loss. It’s obviously designed for short runs or for use in conjunction with a standard drop cord. On the Yellow Jacket 4-outlet metal power block you’ll find a nice heavy-duty 4-foot 14/3 (grounded) cord. Yellow Jacket 4-outlet Metal Power Block Features If you want to throw down a power block and connect four tools at once to a single power source, you want something that’s a little more durable than a power strip. These products are, however, incredibly useful on the job site. Now, power blocks aren’t exactly exciting, so this review won’t be long.
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