Hi, why don't you take a plug and light switch and box and a outlet and box and
make your own... OH YA don't forget the cord... Why I say this is because I
just make one like it but I put it on a pole with a base it also has a light
on it to for the sited people. This thing is nice for working on cars and
things where you need a outlet for power tools and the sited help need a
light....
ROB FROM MINNESOTA
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
I have not seen switched electrical sockets in North America though it is
common in the UK and possibly other European countries. You could change out
the box for a double box with a switch in one side wired to the plug on the
other side, this is of course almost a very small rewiring job.
Another satisfactory solution might be to make up your own supplementary
short extension cord of very heavy duty extension cord (assuming your
compressor is a high amperage machine) with a plug, inline switch and a socket.
You could even buy a suitable length cord of sufficient gauge with moulded ends
and cut it at a suitable point and insert an inline switch. Sometimes finding a
satisfactory inline switch can be a challenge, something with big enough
orifices to receive the heavy cable. I suppose you could use one of those
plastic electrical boxes and a standard light switch, it wouldn't look quite so
elegant.
I did this some years ago to an extension cord for the Christmas tree since I
always seemed to be crawling on my belly under the darn tree to plug it in or
unplug it.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: robert moore
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:37 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
This thread got me thinking.
Does any one make what looks like a standard outlet like the ones that we
see all over our house that you can put into a standard outlet with some
type of on off switch on the side or bottome. I have my air compressor
unplugged and I have to plug it in every time I want to use it. Not a huge
deel but it would be nice to just flip the switch and turn it on and I don't
intend on doing or having any one do any wiring in the garage.
I could use a power strip I suppose but I was kind of thinking some thing
like a power strip only more like a power block.
I have seen ones that you plug into a 2 socket outlet that has six sockets
but never one with a power on off switch.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Larry Stansifer
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:05 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical cord
Bill,
You might also try craft or hobby shops. I have a collection of 1/18th
scale formula one cars in a couple of show cases and they use somewhat the
same setup to back light the displays.
At 02:07 PM 10/18/2007 -0500, Bill Benson wrote:
>Dear List members,
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>I have an electrical cord probably six feet long with a standard two prong
>plug on one end, an on-off wheel switch in the middle, and a socket on the
>other end into which you can screw a night light 7 watt bulb. This is to
>put inside various figurines, etc. that then light up. Would anyone know
>where I could find such a cord? I don't think Home Depot has them, though
>one would think they would. Hope someone can maybe help.
>Bill Benson
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