Use Boalt to hide the ugly things under the desk

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Materials: Boalt CD storage, small (door) hinge, screw

Description: I have two Boalt CD storage but I started to digitize my CD collection so they became obsolete.

I always had my router, cable modem, power supply, extensions, etc. under my desk, without any order, looking really ugly and messy.

This is why I thought I could use the racks to hide all the stuff.

Fortunately a little piece was already came off of the rack so there was an exit for the cables 🙂

I have turned them against each other, used a small door hinge, screw them together, and that was it.

Packed all the stuff in and now I have a tidy looking working area.

~ Mark, Budapest

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15 Responses

  1. Guess this won’t work too well for power supplies, modems and such, because of the comments above, but it gives me some great ideas for using open display boxes with hinges to make a closed “trunk” for storing other things. Thanks!

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  2. Hi,
    thanks for all the comments 🙂
    I will try to find out a safer solution.
    Also thanks for the tips.
    Mark

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    1. Can you attach these boxes under your desk at the back? I’m thinking side by side, with the opening facing the wall. Then you will have two long boxes, not closed, that you can set things into. If things don’t stay, use cable ties to keep them in there.

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  3. better, neater and SAFER solution would be to mount everything on the underside of the desk without a boxed enclosure. Use cable clamps then to organize your cables.

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  4. as other comentors have alrdy stated, heat would be a serios issue in this construction. Especialy since u are using wood, which does not conduckt any heat.

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  5. You should read some manuals for those things. You’d then soon see then that this way of storing cables, modem, router etc is BAD BAD BAD. Everything electric gets warm and the way you’ve put all this things tight together, Id guess you modem etc wont last very long or in worst possible case you get a fire.

    Id sugest you get something like a “Signum” cablechannel to organise the cables etc and hang that under your desk. That way you get best possible aircirculation around cables, transformers etc.

    …just friendly advice…

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  6. Great idea but Im worried about the heat inside the box…there seems little room for ventilation…

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  8. Ummm Yeah as a network tech I would highly recommend AGAINST this idea… This would be a great idea for cords ONLY but putting power supplies and a modem in there is asking for a melt down and at worst a fire. Need to have some very active cooling for this to be remotely a good idea.

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  9. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaad idea. Like all above mention.
    Maybe remove this to protect the unknowing against themselves?

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  11. I would not do this. Some power supplies get hot and can overheat. This is asking for something bad to happen.

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  13. I’m not sure if the slots will provide enough air circulation. Hope the power supplies won’t overheat and catch fire. Looks dangerous to me since everything is covered in a wooden case …

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