At 10:36 PM -0700 6/13/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >Dan wrote: > > 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.
Yes, but most wall sockets are at least twofers. So people add two or more chains... Not good. My housemate did exactly that with his pc, big crt monitor, etc. The daisy chained power strips were happy, and their cords were room temp. But the wall socket, and the wall below it, got HOT and started to smoke!!!! ...the house is 50 years old. The wiring is so odd. Can't run the coffee pot and toaster at the same time in the kitchen without blowing the breaker -- that takes out that one socket in the kitchen, the whole family room, the dinning room, and the left front driveway light outside. >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. Ya ever notice that the wall sockets are just never in the right place! LOL Extension cords are ok IF they're large enough gauge. I often recommend to people that they use heavy gauge *outdoor* type round (never flat!) extension cords. And never use any extension cords that are so long you have to coil them. >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. LOL. Doncha love our building codes?! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
