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Daisy chaining from a switchable powerboard?

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Hello everyone on Geekzone.. I'm very excited to join your community here. I'm wondering if anyone could offer their take on an idea?

I'm a bit of a videogame collector, and have been trying to perfect my setup with my TV/Consoles/AV equipmemt. My goal is to have all my videogame consoles plugged in and ready to play at a moments notice.

My question is with regards to how to power this setup. I currently have an 8-plug power board, which powers my TV and several consoles. Though as I have 16 items I want to power (not simultaneously of course) I'm frequently having to unplug/plug-in things.

I started pondering if a slightly different approach to daisy chaining several power boards could be an option:

What if I had one 4-way power board that had a switch for each socket, then from each socket I ran out to 4 separate 4-way power boards? (Totalling 16 sockets).

I would then switch each of the four daisy chained power boards on/off as I needed them from the 'top' board. I would only turn on 2 at a time - so powering at most 8 items.

Does this sound ok? Or a pretty bad idea?

Thanks

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