When I bought this present house I knew my sewing/quilting room would occupy the basement so I had my electrician add more plugs around the 2 rooms and one up onto the rafter about where the middle of my frame would be. Had him add a shelf to hold the surge protector so all I need to do to turn it on or off is one switch. I have auto-advance on the frame so there's one plug and robotics so another plug plus the machine itself. Then I added a webcam for the underside connected to my laptop at one end of the frame which is plugged into another ceiling plug. So I'm glad for these ceiling plugs as I don't seem to trip over the cords now when I go to the back side to find a thread located on the pegboard behind the frame.