Not enough electrical outlets in the room
Rooms with scarce electrical outlets make it nearly impossible to power multiple personal devices like phones, watches, and laptops simultaneously. This forces people into constant bedside charging negotiations or leaves them unable to sleep comfortably while charging their gear.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using a long extension cord or surge protector from the ceiling outlet
- 2Running surface-mounted conduit and line covers along the concrete walls
- 3Hiring an electrician or handyman to add surface outlets
- 4bringing multi-port charging hubs or USB adapters
- 5packing an extension cord or power strip
- 6negotiating who gets to use the single bedside outlet
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“One outlet, usually behind the nightstand, sometimes already taken by the lamp and the alarm clock.”source ↗
“Between my husband and me it's two phones, two watches, a laptop and earbuds. Every night was a negotiation about who gets the bedside one.”source ↗
““One star. Room was clean, staff were lovely, but I wasn’t able to sleep with 5 charging devices””source ↗
“Since it is a converted garage, it has very limited outlets. It only has two, one near the door to go into the home, and another on the ceiling for the former garage door opener.”source ↗
“The electric panel is in the garage, but the walls are concrete so adding new outlets on the wall would be more difficult.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 4Why does my electrical outlet only work sometimes?
- 3How to plug multiple devices into a single wall outlet
- 13How to replace two-prong outlets with three-prong without rewiring
- 3Power strip sparked and tripped the breaker
- 7Is a melted electrical socket safe to leave until morning?
- 3New kitchen cabinets covered an electrical outlet