Many thanks for your reply Ron. My small physical space is fixed (it is in a brick built alcove adjacent to my TV) so I cannot adjust it's size to allow for multiple sockets outlets hidden in the space. I accept that I should have explained this earlier - as well as the fact that I am in the UK where the mains voltage is 230V. Please accept my apology. I also wish to avoid the alternative solution of running a 10 way conventional extension lead outside the hidden area (an eyesore not approved by my wife). I now sense that I am clutching at straws ;>). I acknowledge that two spade US 120 volt plugs are much smaller that the 3 pin UK plugs and so would work; unfortunately, they are not allowed in the UK.