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   Bill_Hartmann | Feb 20, 2002 07:02pm | #1

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   The generic name for the product is "outlet strips".

   One brand is made Wiremold. Another is made SL Waber.

   Any electrical suply company should have them and I have seen them in the home horror stores.

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   splintergroupie_ | Feb 21, 2002 12:02am | #2

   *14-outlet power strip for $80.6' strip for $25.88 (listed under "plug mold")

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   Don_Reinhard | Feb 21, 2002 06:20am | #3

   *Go to http://www.wiremold.com. Great site. Has all the poop you need. You are interested in model V2000 stuff. A whole line of goodies. Plugs at 6" or 12" centers. Can be bought in 3 or 5 ft strips. Stuff is really neat quality stuff. The FHB 141 doesn't help much. The 144 article gives more help, and a suggestion to improve the installation.You can buy the plug strips at HD; the other fittings that really make it work are only available at places like Graybar.Don

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   Brian_Smith | Feb 21, 2002 06:30am | #4

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   Art_B. | Feb 21, 2002 03:28pm | #5

   *If you are in Seattle area, check the big aerospace surplus store in Kent. Have gotten the wiremold brand 6 ft strips there occasionally for $5, essentially new; occasionally free in the scrap wood lot.

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   splintergroupie_ | Feb 21, 2002 07:55pm | #6

   *Boeing Surplus is certainly one of the great finds of this decade for me. Last time i was there i got a platform with 6" casters to mount my planer/jointer to roll it around the shop: $20. I'll be heading out that way in April and i need some plug mold for my new shop--thanks for the reminder, Art!

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   Art_B. | Feb 21, 2002 08:29pm | #7

   *Splints:Lots of 233 MHz GXi computers for $20 these days also-all have network cards, buy one for every room and network the house :))

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   4Lorn | Feb 22, 2002 10:24am | #8

   *Any good electrical supply house and most of the big box hardware outfits should carry plugmold or any of the similar products. The only problem with plugmold is that the individual receptacles can be difficult to get and replace if they should go bad. Many places only carry the whole assembly and there is little room to make splices if you do find the parts. If you use plugmold get a major manufacturers product. Some of the Chinese copies have substandard or non-standard parts.Plan ahead before installing. Make sure that you can replace the wiring or the complete asseblies without having to destroy the cabinets. At the very least stuff an extra foot or so of slack romex into the wall just before the plugmold connections. That extra $.25 of wire may save you many hours if you need to replace the plugmold later.

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   Dave_Richeson | Feb 23, 2002 03:30am | #9

   *For splices inside of the plug mold we use crimp-on eye connectors, bolted togther with a #6/32x1/2" machine screw and nut. Cover with electrical insulating shrink wrap. Stagger the splice on each wire enough for it lay behind the next splice.We recently put in 148 plugs on some shelving for our meter readers to charge up thier hand held data entry gizmos.

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   Bob_E._Kelland | Feb 23, 2002 03:30am | #10

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   FHB referenced plug molds in the Kitchens and Baths Winter 2001 issue. That article referred to issue #141, p. 40. I don't have 141, and so far I haven't had any luck finding sources for plug molds on the web. Can anyone provide more info? Thanks.