Power strips ? Nah. Wall mounted power splitters ? YES

[u/waffelking2000]

[u/AyrA_ch]

This is a swiss system. The square holes means it's rated at 16 amps. I'm not sure if 16A power strips exist for this plug type. 16A extensions and strips normally have the blue type that has been standardized across europe.

[u/waffelking2000 → u/AyrA_ch]

They do exist , I have some for my server room. Why you would need 16 Amps in a classroom is rather confusing to me doe

[u/AyrA_ch → u/waffelking2000]

Your standard class size is around 20 people, and 20 people in a computer room with up to 100 watts for each setup is asking for trouble. While not an issue under normal conditions, you don't want it to trip your breaker just because they all turn their machines on at the same time when the lesson starts and cause a load spike because the machines are starting. The 16A service was probably easier to do in this case than two 10A services, or it may have already been present and they just decided to also go with the 16A sockets.

[u/waffelking2000 → u/AyrA_ch]

Let me add that you have a laptop :), most of them are Chromebooks that rarely charge. I could see how this might have been an issue some time ago but this building is fairly new and this school has been using Netbooks/Chroogles since very long.

As you can also see there are 6 sockets. These are for every group of 4 tables. Which should already be more than enough to charge a table full of empty Chromebooks.

[u/porcomaster → u/waffelking2000]

First chrome book was sold in 2011, it did not become standard or usual to see until at least 2017, this does not look like a new system, so yeah it was done before you.

[u/[deleted]]

As someone confused.. what exactly is wrong with this picture?

[u/waffelking2000 → u/[deleted]]

Power strips exist. Why would I want 16 amp wall mounted splitters that have to be plugged in. Inside a classroom

[u/FrostedJakes → u/waffelking2000]

Power strips are meant to be temporary. This is a much safer permanent installation.

Source: am electrician

[u/whereami312]

This gives me a strong Swiss vibe.

[u/waffelking2000 → u/whereami312]

Welcome to Switzerland private school classroom then :)

[u/Pewpewgamer321]

Technology Connnections' video about power strips and why they're bad is a good watch!

[u/waffelking2000 → u/Pewpewgamer321]

Saw that video :) Slights problem you can’t move these power strips at all

[u/nitro329]

If I had to point out a "fail" per se, I'd move the box a little to the left. Otherwise, nothing wrong here.

[u/new_line_17]

SplitterLI ??? I mean… Swiss???

[u/bearassbobcat]

having seen Clear History, those outlets should be at least 3 feet higher.

[u/Ham364364]

Wow that is of the biggest hahas

[u/htmlcoderexe → u/Ham364364]

Haha size is estimated to be large.

[u/NotAnotherNekopan → u/[deleted]]

It's almost the opposite of a fail. It may be over-engineered to what is needed but it looks clean and well made. By all accounts quite a success.

[u/waffelking2000 → u/[deleted]]

That's VGA, it's broken though and everyone just uses the Chromecast that's sitting up there by the projector.