Dan wrote: > At 8:32 AM -0700 6/13/2009, 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 surge protectors is of little value. But it works. > > Daisy chaining power strips is a political issue - between you, the > size of the circuit breaker in the garage, and your fire insurance.
That isn't a big deal either, every power strip you are likely to find has a 10-15 A circuit breaker. Daisy chaining them and adding loads to the additional power strips just increases the chance of tripping the breaker on the power strip or the circuit breaker protecting that outlet. At the school I worked at we had a local fire marshall come through and they had no problems with daisy chaining power strips but wouldn't allow any power strips hanging off an extension cord (which carries the same protection. This despite the fact that adequate wall outlets weren't provided in the new buildings, something that would have been required by code in any house but since they were public buildings they were exempt. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
