One Simple Trick For Mounting Power Strips

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Nice! How come i never thought of this!! I'm so lazy i would have left the tape. :)

I just measure between centers but that works too

Wow I didn’t even know what those keyholes were for. 😢

Brilliant…..

Great idea the only way it could have been better is if I would have thought of this LOL. Thanks!!!

Brilliant!

A real time saver 🎉🎉

Brilliantly done

To think of all the time I wasted ....

Genius

Unless those adapters are super light, they might just fall off. Gravity!
Otherwise, solid idea.

Great tip for all sorts of similar applications. Thanks!

Use a double side tape 🧠

I don’t forsee the need for this tip, but it sure is ingenius😂😂

measuring tapes exsist

After 50 years of DIYing , why the hell didn’t I think of that. Great tip.

Clever. I've seen this before but keep forgetting to do it!

Bloody great idea! Bravo

Amazing where have you been all my life

actually if you really wanted to know the final position of your power strip, you should make the masking tape the exact length of your power strip. that way you don't need to estimate and guess...

very nice video!
quick and straight to the point
deserves the views and praise

Great tip if you don't have a ruler or measuring tape but just have masking tape?

Brilliant

OMG!!!! so simple... thank you... lol

I stumbled onto this trick years ago. The first time I did it with a piece of paper and taped that down. Then I realised I could just use the tape.

The sheet of paper still works best if you need to line up the holes. Lining the page to the edge of the item you're mounting gives you an edge to level and the spacing from the edge to the holes.

Another trick is to fold a piece of paper into an envelope and tape it under the mark. Catches the dust, assuming it's a vertical surface.

I’ve been doing that for 40 years 😂

simple to the point. have a cookie for the algorithm

I feel so stupid. Lol. It is amazing how easy this was, and how hard I've made it in the past. Thank you

Thats always brilliant as long as the holes in the unit are horizontal. Well I guess most times they are :)

Brilliant.

very useful tip that job has troubled me greatly over the years thanks dave in the uk,

Double sided tape, people are dumb.

What size screws to use?

Holes in straight lines aren't very difficult. But I notice that that the title thumbnail shows a device where the holes are not lined up. In that case, while your tip would help at drilling the holes the correct distance apart, I don't see how it would help to place the power strip at the correct right angle.

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That’s a great tip; thank you. Will definitely use this.

Saw the thumbnail image, thought, " well that's a 2 minute tip." Looked at video length; less than 2 minutes. Thank you for keeping it short and to the point. Take my watch and 👍

Thanks!

Brilliant!

Wow. Thank you so much.

What are the best screws for mounting these? The ones I use never stay put! Also, how much should remain exposed??

very cool.

And then put another screw in at the end, so it cant slide back off

Great tip

Just used this and it worked a charm! Thanks 🙏

I usually love your content, but I'm going to call BS on this one. You showed the main problem with doing this in your first shot of the blue tape, when the blue tape was crooked and not parallel with the edge of the table. You corrected it for the second shot, but although this is a decent enough idea, knowing where the holes are is just half of the equation. Still, a better video than 90% of the stuff out there, so kudos to you.

My luck: my power strip has offset mounting holes.