Who makes a good solid simple 13A power bar

[Tim Watts]

aka "extension strip" - 6 ways or so. Needs to be

[Andrew Gabriel]

Best ones I have were made by a former (long since defunct) employer. They are for 19" rack mounting with 5 or 6 sockets. The sockets are MK ones designed for mounting in a circular hole, and the block is made from two pieces of pressed steel. There was a 16A contactor at one end for remote switching, although I've modified some of them to have a row of relays for independant remote switching of each socket outlet. The works cost of the original units back in 1980 was £250 each.

Eventually, they changed to using Olsen (sp?) ones where remote switching was not required.

[Andy Burns]

If solid and straightforward are the boxes, then Olson tick them

If you want cheap, then try eBay for second hand ones

e.g. this one finishing in quarter of an hour

[Andy Burns]

Postage is a bit steep though, and a 13A plug rammed onto SY flex looks suspect ...

[spuorgelgoog]

especially with tape wrapped round the sheath and the plug does look a bit 'rammed'.

Owain

[Tim Watts]

Olson might just do it - I thought they might be a bit big, but:

the 6 way is 482mm long which might just fit -

Good thinking :)

[Huge]

Olson.

Regularly available on eBay.

I have 76 sockets worth in my study.