[ale] OT: powerstrip with narrow plug

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Thu May 9 20:53:50 EDT 2019


Good idea

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 7:53 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> If you're intent on keeping it intact and you don't intend to sell it, I
> would just make a short jump from outside to inside using individual 12
> AWG THHN wire connecting a pair of standard plugs and receptacles on
> each side.  You'd have to wire it in place.  Apply tape over the area
> that passes through the louvers to protect it from abrasion (or jacket
> the bundle in expanding nylon cable webbing).
>
> On 2019-05-09 16:12, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
> > The ideal is to avoid that if possible. Note the "old stereo cabinet" and
> > "half a century" phrasing
> >
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 9, 2019, 18:48 <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Might we re-imagine the problem?   "Keyhole Saw" is somehow coming to
> >> mind.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Neal
> >>
> >> On 2019-05-09 16:40, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
> >>> Evening, all
> >>>
> >>> I have an old stereo cabinet that I want to put to its intended use,
> >>> but in the half-century since it was built, power cord plugs have
> >>> become too fat to fit through the louvered back. I have tried the flat
> >>> plug type already, but those are still too big.
> >>> Anyone know of a variety that has a rally narrow plug end?
> >>>
> >>> TIA,
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