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• Position: What's New? - Extend-a-Cord from Arista Enterprises Inc. - Brief Article

* If there's one guarantee around the home, office, or any other place you use electronic devices, it's that you will never have enough outlets. Adding multiplug devices or extension cords often creates the danger of shorting out the outlet, blowing fuses, tripping circuit breakers, or, worst of all, having a power surge that will damage whatever it is plugged into. Think computers, home theater entertainment centers, major appliances, etc., and you're talking nightmare.

A clever solution to this dilemma is the Extend-a-Cord from Arista Enterprises Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y. Designed to replace a standard duplex wall receptacle, it has four polarized outlets, one of which is attached to the end of a built-in 6"-long extension cord to connect out-of-reach appliances. (The cord retracts into its reel within the device's housing at the push of a...