Does something like this exist?

Steve

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Nearly all the power outlets in my apartment are horizontal. I want to use some plug-in air fresheners, but once the liquid gets below the straw no more scent will come out. Is there any sort of adapter that will allow me to plug these things in vertically?
 

Jeff7

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I don't know of anything offhand, though I could recommend against adding to indoor pollution in your apartment, and instead try to prevent the source of any unpleasant odors.
 

Steve

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
I don't know of anything offhand, though I could recommend against adding to indoor pollution in your apartment, and instead try to prevent the source of any unpleasant odors.

Go read my other thread
 

James2k

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Get a freshner that spins (ie, you rotate the plugs in the back). We have them and they're great for using on stoves where the plus are at 90 degrees to the stove top.
 

Locut0s

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At home we have a couple of these cubicle socket multipliers, adapters that allow you to plug more than one device into an outlet. The device has plugs on the top and bottom as well as the front. These shouldn't be that hard to find at a hardware store. Plugging your device into the top or bottom socket would have the device facing horizontally.
 

Steve

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Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Use an extension cord.

How will that make the thing stand upright?

Originally posted by: FoBoT
check lowes/home despot, they shirley have something that'll work for you

I'm checking everywhere I can, and stop calling me Shirley.

Originally posted by: Locut0s
At home we have a couple of these cubicle socket multipliers, adapters that allow you to plug more than one device into an outlet. The device has plugs on the top and bottom as well as the front. These shouldn't be that hard to find at a hardware store. Plugging your device into the top or bottom socket would have the device facing horizontally.

Thanks, I'll take a look at those.

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Power strip attached to wall.

That would work, and is a good idea, not sure how the landlord would react if I put holes in these walls though.
 

Gibson486

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Originally posted by: Steve
Nearly all the power outlets in my apartment are horizontal. I want to use some plug-in air fresheners, but once the liquid gets below the straw no more scent will come out. Is there any sort of adapter that will allow me to plug these things in vertically?

I have seen plugs that move a full 90 degrees at Walgreens.
 

lozina

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Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
Originally posted by: FoBoT
check lowes/home despot, they shirley have something that'll work for you

wtf?

<Lesley Nielson>
Yeah Home Depot should have something... and dont call me Shirley!
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: Steve
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I don't know of anything offhand, though I could recommend against adding to indoor pollution in your apartment, and instead try to prevent the source of any unpleasant odors.

Go read my other thread
Ah, you're that one.


First idea that comes to mind: mount a power strip vertically on a wall. Most of them have screw mounts on the back that allow them to be hung up in that fashion.
Hang on wall, and plug in everything.


Oh, and don't get Febreeze Sea Breeze scent. My one roommate used it all the time*, but it wound up smelling like a lightly used diaper as it wore off.


* - he used it because the campus apartment kept developing a weird funk. It turned out that there were two leaks: one from the toilet, and one from under the kitchen sink. This had been like that for at least a full semester before I moved in, but no one did anything about it. I called maintenance, and the next day both problems were fixed. And wouldn't you know it, the funky smell went away, too.


Originally posted by: Steve
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Power strip attached to wall.

That would work, and is a good idea, not sure how the landlord would react if I put holes in these walls though.
Well sheesh, then get creative.
Use some pieces of wood, or hell, a cardboard box, with some machine screws and bolts through it, and mount to that.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: James2k
Get a freshner that spins (ie, you rotate the plugs in the back). We have them and they're great for using on stoves where the plus are at 90 degrees to the stove top.

Yep, we bought a couple of those.
 

antyler

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I have some at my pad that swivel at different angles. IM sure they are pretty cheap somewhere.
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: Throwmeabone
What kind of air fresheners do you buy? The Glade scented oil ones already rotate:

http://www.glade.com/fragrance-oils/

Winner!

I can see buying a $3 power strip and securing it to the wall with double stick tape. But there are plenty of air fresheners out there that rotate.

Spending $16 on a movable outlet is a bit much
 
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