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Old 03-05-2015, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dieseljeep View Post
You might be thinking about the Fedtho, Japanese knock-off, power strip!
They were a lot larger and had the early type, Japanese plug with the thin prongs, that didn't make a good connection in even a new receptacle.
The Tap-A-line held the plugs really tight.
I have one on my attic bench, just forgot the name and confused it with the Academy "ad a tap". The Tap-a-line was a bench staple and as we say, "should be used only under technician or engineer supervision" As decent a product as it was, using them in the kitchen was just a bad idea.
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