Hello folks. I hope that this is the correct forum to be asking about a matter such as this. You know those power strips that can be bought in many supermarkets and other stores? They have a not-very long power cable (this will be about thirty inches long) with a moulded-on 13-amp fused plug at the end, while usually, the strip itself has four power sockets. With these, a single power point in the wall can serve power to up to four appliances, as long as the total demand on the single wall socket does not exceed 13 amps. Well, I am contemplating a job that would demand, not the above run-of-the-mill power strips, but ones that I don't know where to buy.
By the way, the reason for my needing power-strips, and not just a cable connector of some kind, is that the sockets need to be fixed to the wall, for one-handed plugging in and pulling out of the plug. An ordinary, loose cable-connector would need the use of two hands, and this would be impossible in the situation I should be facing. With power strips, screws can be fixed in the wall, and the power-strip just hooks onto the screws. So, unplugging etc can be done with one hand.
What I should need is TWO two-up power strips. By two-up, I mean that these strips would not have four outlet-sockets, but only two (thus reducing the length of the power-strip, as a 4-up one would be too wide). Furthermore, the lengths of the integral power cables, with moulded-on plugs, would need be much longer than can be bought in a supermarket. On one power strip, I would need a six-foot long cable, and on the other, a five-foot long cable.
Can anyone tell me where, in the UK, such bespoke types of power-strip can be bought? Even to find out where two-up strips, and disregarding the cable lengths, would be helpful. However, to find optional lengths of cable also would be even more helpful.
With thanks in advance, to anyone that can offer useful information,
A.W.
By the way, the reason for my needing power-strips, and not just a cable connector of some kind, is that the sockets need to be fixed to the wall, for one-handed plugging in and pulling out of the plug. An ordinary, loose cable-connector would need the use of two hands, and this would be impossible in the situation I should be facing. With power strips, screws can be fixed in the wall, and the power-strip just hooks onto the screws. So, unplugging etc can be done with one hand.
What I should need is TWO two-up power strips. By two-up, I mean that these strips would not have four outlet-sockets, but only two (thus reducing the length of the power-strip, as a 4-up one would be too wide). Furthermore, the lengths of the integral power cables, with moulded-on plugs, would need be much longer than can be bought in a supermarket. On one power strip, I would need a six-foot long cable, and on the other, a five-foot long cable.
Can anyone tell me where, in the UK, such bespoke types of power-strip can be bought? Even to find out where two-up strips, and disregarding the cable lengths, would be helpful. However, to find optional lengths of cable also would be even more helpful.
With thanks in advance, to anyone that can offer useful information,
A.W.
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