Shop Power

[Steve Kolbe]

I am wanting to find some of the LONG power strips. But they can't ALL be as expensive as these, are they?

http://www.mountsandmore.com/Middle-...NS-DF2012.html
http://www.smarthome.com/4414vp14.html

anyone know where else to look. I've been looking for "Rack Power Strip" on Google, but only seem to come up with ones in the $100 range. I want to mount these on the walls around the shop.

What does everyone else use?

[Bob Herpolsheimer]

Plugmold puts out a 6' strip that has outlets 6,12 or 18" on center. The price is a little better. A 6" on center will run around $60-70.

[Bruce Pennell]

Have looked at them at the BORG's, Lowe's and Home Depot have 5' strips for around $70 if I remember right its been a few months.

[Mike Seals]

I am wanting to find some of the LONG power strips. But they can't ALL be as expensive as these, are they?

http://www.mountsandmore.com/Middle-...NS-DF2012.html
http://www.smarthome.com/4414vp14.html

anyone know where else to look. I've been looking for "Rack Power Strip" on Google, but only seem to come up with ones in the $100 range. I want to mount these on the walls around the shop.

What does everyone else use?

I'm lucky, I picked some up for the office in the shop (the electronics room) when they where more reasonably priced.

For the shop I bought a couple of boxes of 10 each receptacles and built a shallow channel out of wood and mounted them spaced evenly apart. Sized right the covers will fit over the channel perfectly. All I had to do to mount the receptacles was to remove the mounting screws and replace with a wood screw. With a piece of wood between each receptacle and a light stain, it looks very nice and was far cheaper than the prefab racks.

[Bill Nord]

Try this link

[Steve Vaughn]

Here's where I bought the two that I have mounted to my workbenches. I have a Fry's about 15 miles from me so I didn't pay shipping.

Steve

http://shop2.outpost.com/%7BANxukvTz...x=0&submit.y=0

[Steve Kolbe]

wow! Thanks for all the helpful suggestions everyone!

The Fry's link is great! Thanks, Steve!

[Dave MacArthur]

Hmm... something tells me that mounting receptacles in a wooden channel/surround is not allowed per code... I would think only non-flammable enclosures are allowed around receptacles to protect from arc/short/sparks/heat catching fire. That's why they use boxes in house construction.

Neat idea, but I wouldn't do it.