Electrical Extension Boards
Sep 23rd 2006, 8:55 am
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Electrical Extension Boards
Does anybody know where I can get an extension board with more than 1m of cable? 1.8m to be precise?
Whoever wired up this house though it would be a great idea to put all the plugs into the wall at shoulder height, so I am trying to get an extension to the floor so that I can keep the appliances plugs out of sight. The 1m length boards (obviously) finish half way down the wall, and a 3 m extension lead + a 1 m board means mounds of cables to hide underneath the furniture.
I went to Mitre 10 today, and asked if they had any and it was is if I had offered to feed his children to wolves... He suggested that a power board with more than 1m of lead was a serious safety risk!
Why are Aussies so scared of electricity? Do they not learn about it in school, or is it just because it's such a new thing for them
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Whoever wired up this house though it would be a great idea to put all the plugs into the wall at shoulder height, so I am trying to get an extension to the floor so that I can keep the appliances plugs out of sight. The 1m length boards (obviously) finish half way down the wall, and a 3 m extension lead + a 1 m board means mounds of cables to hide underneath the furniture.
I went to Mitre 10 today, and asked if they had any and it was is if I had offered to feed his children to wolves... He suggested that a power board with more than 1m of lead was a serious safety risk!
Why are Aussies so scared of electricity? Do they not learn about it in school, or is it just because it's such a new thing for them
S
Sep 23rd 2006, 9:21 am
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Whoever wired up this house though it would be a great idea to put all the plugs into the wall at shoulder height
Seems to be quite common. I'm a spark and i wonder why they do that.
Sep 23rd 2006, 9:29 am
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Originally Posted by Swerv-o
Why are Aussies so scared of electricity? Do they not learn about it in school, or is it just because it's such a new thing for them
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hear in FNQ we dunt hav it yat.
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Sep 23rd 2006, 9:39 am
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Originally Posted by Swerv-o
Why are Aussies so scared of electricity? Do they not learn about it in school, or is it just because it's such a new thing for them
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Sep 23rd 2006, 9:46 am
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Originally Posted by nicktork
Hmm, yet they put proper electrical sockets (not shaver ones) in their bathrooms. :scared:
Bunnings do them in various sizes up to about 6m (although my sockets are near to my ankles
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Sep 23rd 2006, 9:47 am
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Originally Posted by wanderingwombat
Wots dis electrisidy stuff???
hear in FNQ we dunt hav it yat.
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hear in FNQ we dunt hav it yat.
WW
Other than what comes out of the sky during the dry season
Sep 23rd 2006, 12:08 pm
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Re: Electrical Extension Boards
Originally Posted by Rabc
Other than what comes out of the sky during the dry season
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