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Yintar 18-Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip w/ 6-Ft Cord
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ETL and UL. However, only UL STD. 1363. 1363 is only for basic power strip wiring, no surge protection. My APC surge protector has both 1363 and 1449. 1449 is for surge protection.
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How do we know that combining them all into this one isn't going to burn the house down?
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200w for your TV,
200w for your PS5,
100w for your soundbar,
2x 65w for your fast charge phone charger and your friends,
2x 30w for your nifty led bar,
15w for your firestick,
40w for your echo,
20w for your digital clock
That's 10 plugs and you still have 1k watts of head space before you trip a breaker.
Average TV amperage: 0.5-2A
AV Receiver: 5-15A
Subwoofer: 5-20A
Fast charger: 1.5-3A each
Gaming PC: 4-6A
Or XBox Series X: 3A
12 more plug-ins to go...
And, potential fire. Nobody is questioning that you can drive a few box fans, LED lamps, and USB2.0 (0.5A) powered devices with this. The point that everyone but you is trying to make is that caution is needed when plugging 18 devices into any power strip, especially an unvetted budget Chinese one.
Hundreds of fires have been caused by Chinese power strips. When multiple high-amperage items are plugged in, the strips often melt down and ignite a fire. Source:
https://alu.army.mil/alog/2012/ma...nments.pdf
Average TV amperage: 0.5-2A
AV Receiver: 5-15A
Subwoofer: 5-20A
Fast charger: 1.5-3A each
Gaming PC: 4-6A
Or XBox Series X: 3A
12 more plug-ins to go...
And, potential fire. Nobody is questioning that you can drive a few box fans, LED lamps, and USB2.0 (0.5A) powered devices with this. The point that everyone but you is trying to make is that caution is needed when plugging 18 devices into any power strip, especially an unvetted budget Chinese one.
Hundreds of fires have been caused by Chinese power strips. When multiple high-amperage items are plugged in, the strips often melt down and ignite a fire. Source:
https://alu.army.mil/alog/2012/ma...nments.pdf
Wattage is a perfectly fine to measure here unless you're calculating all of the amperage at 120v, which I know you're not doing because you just said my phones fast charger is drawing 300w.
Wattage is a perfectly fine to measure here unless you're calculating all of the amperage at 120v, which I know you're not doing because you just said my phones fast charger is drawing 300w.
I'm not arguing that low wattage chargers don't exist.
Modern GaN chargers draw more current. That's how they fast charge, and how you can run things like laptops off of them. And many modern chargers have multiple USB ports. Add them up and 240 watts (which would be 2 amps) peak from a charger is not uncommon.
It's not my house. If you want to plug 18 of these cheap Chinese power strips into one of these cheap Chinese power strips and have 324 devices running out of the same socket, have fun. Not my house.
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I'm not arguing that low wattage chargers don't exist.
Modern GaN chargers draw more current. That's how they fast charge, and how you can run things like laptops off of them. And many modern chargers have multiple USB ports. Add them up and 240 watts (which would be 2 amps) peak from a charger is not uncommon.
It's not my house. If you want to plug 18 of these cheap Chinese power strips into one of these cheap Chinese power strips and have 324 devices running out of the same socket, have fun. Not my house.
240W charger / 120V outlet = 2 amps peak. Feel free to correct the math.
"Well, you're wrong!"
The National Electrical Code (NEC) suggests a maximum load of 80% of the outlet's rating, meaning a continuous load of 12 amps is recommended.
"Well, you're wrong! And the NEC is wrong!"
Again, here's a document provided by the military citing that Chinese power strips tend to cut corners during construction and should not be used in high current applications due to fire hazard risks:
https://alu.army.mil/alog/2012/ma...nments.pdf
As such, I would probably go lower in peak amperage.
"Well, you're wrong! And the military, with their research is also wrong!"
Tough to debate such strong arguments you have.
Again, I really don't care what you do. If you want to rig something up pulling 50A through a $12 power strip (larger main breaker, jumper the surge protector), have fun. Not my house at risk. Just trying to keep other people safe.
240W charger / 120V outlet = 2 amps peak. Feel free to correct the math.
"Well, you're wrong!"
The National Electrical Code (NEC) suggests a maximum load of 80% of the outlet's rating, meaning a continuous load of 12 amps is recommended.
"Well, you're wrong! And the NEC is wrong!"
Again, here's a document provided by the military citing that Chinese power strips tend to cut corners during construction and should not be used in high current applications due to fire hazard risks:
https://alu.army.mil/alog/2012/ma...nments.pdf
As such, I would probably go lower in peak amperage.
"Well, you're wrong! And the military, with their research is also wrong!"
Tough to debate such strong arguments you have.
Again, I really don't care what you do. If you want to rig something up pulling 50A through a $12 power strip (larger main breaker, jumper the surge protector), have fun. Not my house at risk. Just trying to keep other people safe.
Don't get me wrong, these components exist--but they're not items in your house.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Sound-S...09615?th=1
This outrageous 9.2.5 surround system is 810w.
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Current spec I believe is now 240w max--2A, which last I looked, nothing is using.
For context you can plug 18 65w chargers into this power strip, plug in 18 dead phones into those chargers, and you'd be drawing short of 10 amps of current, well within the limits of the typical home's 15a cricuit. I'd be more concerned about the heat generation.
Or XBox Series X: 3A
12 more plug-ins to go...
Are you pluggin in your $5000 gaming computer, your Xbox with Plasma TV:: And playing both, your 9.2.5 Surround Sound--at full volume mind you--, charging a your gaming laptop from the future, a dead phone, a dead tablet, and turning on a 300w halogen lamp? Because your circuit breakers are going to trip.
So let's take my real actual entertainment area and start adding shit until I fill up 18 plugs.
TV: 120w
Xbox One: 120W
PS3: 140W
HDMI Switch: 12W
Network Switch: 12W
Nintendo Switch: 65W
SteamDeck: 65W
Controller Charger (x3) 12w
Surround Sound: 240W
That's 11 items.
Let's use 65w chargers for my tablet, and my phone.
I'll plug my laptop in too. That's 65W
Another 5W for this USB LED light strip
This lamp. It's LED but let's pretend I stick a 100W incandescent bulb in there instead.
And I'll plug my 300w halogen standing lamp in too.
If I max out everything on these it's 1386w
17 plugs (many of which probably won't fit). 1386w.
IDK about you but I don't use all this stuff, at max, all at once.
Can I even get to 1800w sitting in here? 100W cab, 25w cab, maybe all these pedals could add up to another 100w, my bookshelf speakers 100w rms.
I'm at 1711W and I'm out of things in this room to plug in to a single circuit, much less stuff that'll reasonably fit on a single surge protector even with 18 receptacles.
Quit trying to justify your very ignorant numbers.
I'll jam a fork into the last slot because this conversation is done.
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