They pointed out that in its present form the intelligent mains panel had some weaknesses: some consumers would not know where the USB port was; similarly the use of the switched outlet on amplifiers limited its application in the consumer electronics market. Quite literally the intelligent mains panel was not intelligent enough! This prompted Peter to commit it the development of the more advanced electronic version. Whereas the current product was a passive version that responded to external signals, he now set his sights on developing an active 'current sensing version' able to actively managed the power supply.