In the past, it was rarely used for anything other than powering the onboard cigarette lighter; today, it’s an indispensable source of power for countless electronics, including our smartphones.

Depending on the age of your car, it might contain a round 12 V power outlet in the dash, or possibly in the elbow compartment. And depending on your own age, you might know that as the cigarette ...

A power inverter turns your car into a rolling outlet. That’s useful when you travel, camp, work out of a truck, or ride out ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jack Thompson. Design: Nadia Palacios Residential Design Yes, power sockets are essential ...

This is the Plug Socket, a power-point whose designer clearly spent a lot more time on the product than the name. It is a socket which manages to cram three separate outlets into the space normally ...

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If you are the same as me when travelling, carrying a bag of adapters and the correct ones for the country you’re visiting has always been a pain. But this creative rotating power socket solution ...

There are too few manufacturers of power sockets available at hardware stores, according to Klavs Larsen from Funen, who now ...