When I was in Cambodia, we got a pretty good server donated to us, and I set it all up. One of the guys authorized to spend the library's *own* money went out to buy a powerboard and moved the server to another room. We switched it on and about an hour later I smelt plastic. The powerboard had melted into a puddle of plastic. They had spent about a dollar on a powerboard for their $2000 odd server. I used better wiring on my table lamps. I wonder what would have happened if we'd all gone home with that thing plugged in.
It's not worth trying to save money on powerboards.
