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#205538 - 04/19/12 10:45 PM What do you call...
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	...one of those long strips of hard plastic, with a thick cord, into which you can put several electric plugs? (Not a surge protector--you just plug things into it.) I was doing one of those hidden-picture puzzles, and searched for ages for something listed as a "power bar". I was looking for snack food, and it turned out to be one of these things, that I call a power strip!
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#205540 - 04/19/12 11:25 PM Re: What do you call... [Re: Jackie]
Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724	Adapter? (Not sure of the spelling) Spike buster?
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#205541 - 04/19/12 11:27 PM Re: What do you call... [Re: Jackie]
Hamish stranger Registered: 04/16/12 Posts: 7 Loc: Australia	I would normally call it a power board?
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#205542 - 04/19/12 11:56 PM Re: What do you call... [Re: Hamish]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	I call it a power strip
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#205545 - 04/20/12 08:02 AM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: tsuwm]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	I call it a power strip Me, too. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#205546 - 04/20/12 08:29 AM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Good for you that make a distinction between a contact device for one and one for many contacts. We keep it quite simple and call them, all for one, one for all: contact box. ( just like the single one that sits in walls ) BTW, how do call the one or twins in the wall in English? Edited by BranShea (04/20/12 08:31 AM)
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#205556 - 04/20/12 05:26 PM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: BranShea]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 693 Loc: Alaska	I don't think I've ever seen a single one. In these parts they're called (somewhat schizophrenically) outlets orreceptacles, sometimes prefaced by electrical. Edited by Tromboniator (04/20/12 05:26 PM)
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#205571 - 04/21/12 10:46 AM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: Tromboniator]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1039 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Over here they tend to be referred to as "extension leads" - sometimes, "muti-plug extension leads," to differentiate from the single socket extension leads. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#205581 - 04/21/12 07:40 PM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: BranShea]
Hamish stranger Registered: 04/16/12 Posts: 7 Loc: Australia	"how do call the one or twins in the wall in English?" In my house we'd normally use 'double adapter'.
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#205584 - 04/21/12 07:51 PM Re: What do you call [a power strip]? [Re: Hamish]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	In this part of the world they are "plugs" or "outlets". Sometimes "wall socket". _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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