The present invention provides power supply devices having illuminated
receptacles. Some or all of the receptacles are encircled or otherwise
circumscribed by a lighting member. The lighting member may be a
continuous strip of material, such as an electroluminescent laminate. The
lighting member may illuminate the receptacles regardless of whether the
receptacles themselves are currently powered. Thus, although the power
supply device is in a no or low light environment, or when the device is
plugged in but is turned off, a user may easily identify where the
receptacles are, which ones are available, and which equipment is plugged
into which receptacles. The lighting member may be color coded according
to a surge protection rating for the power supply device. In this case,
the user can immediately identify which power supply devices have a given
surge protection, and can therefore distinguish among different power
supply devices having similar physical configurations.