The simple way to connect soft wiring? Perhaps.

Connecting power units while daisy-chaining.

This post was written when we worked with OE Elsafe and is intended as a guide for users of OE Elsafe softwiring products.  If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please feel free to contact us for further advice on softwiring. Since writing this post in 2018, we have found a number of other options (some of which the softwiring manufacturers forget to mention), particularly with the increasingly common use of battery power in workspaces.

Common in many softwired installations is the need to connect power under the desk to power above the desk. Many installations require this while still maintaining the need for daisy-chaining to the remaining workstations and repeating the process.

A good example would be having 4 power under the desk (shown below) and additional power above the desk. This is an increasingly common requirement and one that we recommend.

In such an installation many people have previously used a splitter to connect the three components 1) the below the desk unit (in this case the quad power), 2) the above desk component (in this case the Pixel) and then the interconnecting lead that joins to the next workstation.

The OE Elsafe J Coupler removes the need for a splitter making it easier on-site with the installation and easier in the quoting process. The J Coupler is also slim in design reducing the overall footprint.

In our scenario above, the above-desk power is supplied with a J coupler. The interconnecting lead from the quad power then connects to the J Coupler with the last interconnecting lead connecting to the workstation in the daisy chain.

The image below helps to explain.