EPS tap

An EPS tap was a device connected to the EPS network aboard a starship or space station. It enabled personnel to drain energy from the EPS to power other devices or systems.

Geordi La Forge told Leah Brahms to watch out for a power tap while crawling through a power transfer conduit in 2367. 

When trying to repair the atmosphere of Penthara IV, a burst from the deflector dish was fired at the planet, followed by a discharge of all EPS taps through the phasers. 

An overly-enthusiastic Montgomery Scott almost accidentally touched an EPS tap after boarding the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in 2369. A serious injury would surely have resulted had Geordi La Forge not intervened. 

In 2373, Chief Miles O'Brien ordered his engineers to set the USS Defiant (2370)'s EPS taps to level three.