Don’t fight the power—embrace it. Richard Gray has announced the PowerHouse 3X, a power-management product so strong, it’s normally hoarded by commercial applications.
Designed exclusively for triple-phase AC power of large-scale home automation and home theater systems, this product can handle up to 6,200 watts and simultaneously power up to 21 components.
The 300-pound unit features a 50-amp analog amp meter as well as 20 Hubbell outlets on the back, and one “convenience” outlet on the front.

Home theater, automated lights and a high-tech fish tank.
Home theater, automated lights and a high-tech fish tank.
A new CEA study says that more builders are offering all types of technology.
It’s hard to imagine life without remote controls, but it’s been a long, strange path to the modern incarnation we know and love today.