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Powerstrip Safety?

mla2ofus

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I don't think there's danger in the powerstrip. It's the circuit and the breaker feeding the powerstrip. Too big a breaker and/or too small wire = fire. It would take a lot of electronics to overload a typical home circuit.
Mike
 

mla2ofus

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Again it depends on the load. With the power supplies shown in the pic it would be OK. Now electric heaters, toasters, microwaves, etc would be a different thing.
Mike
 

FrancSevin

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Most commercial power strips are 15 amp rated with an internal breaker. It's not how many devices are on it, it is the total amp load.

You can even gang them in series safely because the primary has the 15 Amp limit.

You can plug a heater into them as almost all the new models are limited to 15 Amp draw. However, I have seen people plug the heater into the wall on one plug and a power strip into the other. That puts the circuit protection on the original breaker. Not the best way to do it.

If the outlet has 20 Amp circuit protection, you can plug in two strips. It is not the same as plugging in a bunch of extension cords with multiple outlets as they do not usually have internal circuit protection.

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