Al Poulin wrote: > I like to distinguish between surge protectors or surge strips on the > one hand and power strips on the other hand. I understand that surge > protectors/strips must not be daisy chained. Daisy chaining power > strips seems okay. Bruce once mentioned that he ties power strips to > the battery side of his home APC UPS boxes. I could do the same with > a triple tap.
There is nothing wrong with daisy chaining surge protectors, surge strips and/or power strips except that it's better not to for power distribution reasons. It's best if any of the above are plugged directly into a wall outlet. As long as you aren't drawing too much power then daisy chaining them is acceptable. By daisy chaining a power strip with surge suppression you are in effect paralleling the surge supressors which means they are adding their protection. But you really only need one surge supressor, plugged into the wall, first in any chain. For the most part people get overly concerned about surge protection. Switching power supplies are fairly robust. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
