Is it safe to use a powerstrip for a lot of electronics?
My entertainment center in my living room consists of a 55″ LCD, cable box, stereo amp, 3 video game consoles, a modem, a wireless router, a lamp, and a phone charger, all in all 10 electronics.
Is it safe to use a power strip connected to 1 power outlet for my entire set up?
Does 1 typical home power outlet supply enough power for all these devices? (keep in mind they won’t all be on at the same time)
I found a 12-outlet power strip made by Tripp Lite I would like to purchase, but I don’t know if it is a safe idea. Is this a good product?
http://www.provantage.com/tripp-lite-ps3612-20hw~7TRPM00H.htm
The item you are looking at is rated at 20amps, so it probably will not have the standard plug that most other electronics have.
http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/312115_lg.jpg
Is the circuit/outlet your plugging into rated for 20amps?
As far as all of your electronics on 1 circuit, each device has a wattage rating, add all of those up and then divide by 120, that will tell you what the maximum amperage that would be needed to run them all at the same time – I am pretty sure that you will be under 15 amps, which is what a typical home outlet is fused for.
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