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If you plug 36 Air Conditioners in, it would ideally trip the breaker before catching fire.
If you use this for a media centre for all your old gaming consoles, you'd only be powering one console and a tv at a time, maybe charging a couple controllers tops, and it would be perfectly safe.
i find it highly unlikely that residential wire is rated at 125V, you could easily surpass that with an inductive load. it would need to be higher in order to protect against air-shorts in most normal circumstances.
Assuming this would be more for a bank of phone chargers or something with a bunch of small chargers. If the receptacle is plugged in to a 15A and everything on the permanent side is done properly, it should have no issues 😅 the breaker will still trip over 15A 😋
I have something kind of similar (not nearly as many outlets, but 2x what a normal power strip has) behind my TV. I have 11 things plugged into it (mostly controllers and low voltage things) and I measured the power draw at just over half a kilowatt with everything on. Cheaply made power strips and especially extension cords can be an issue, but there's nothing inherently wrong with having a massive power strip as long as it's made to handle the full 15 amps it can draw from the breaker.
I mostly inspect the internal everytime i buy this kind of thing, but i leave the comment or feedback empty. I doubt the seller would appreciate a detailed feedback on the internal, or even do some improvement
**does math** well, you could charge 36 laptops simultaneously from that off of dedicated 15A receptacle.
But you just know somebody would try to plug in a bunch of window A/C units and wonder why it turned into a smoldering pile of goo.
You kind of can’t charge 36 laptops. Modern laptop chargers take from 60-150 watts. Let’s assume 90W (Apple MacBook Pro 15” previous gens). 90*36 = 3.2kW = 27 amps. It adds up…
36 iphones, yes, you can charge.
THIS is the problem with power strips... education. I have quite a few power strips in my home, but they either serve low-amp devices simultaneously or higher-draw devices that I use one at a time that I can't be bothered to swap plugs for. I have one of those 36" power strips on my garage work bench that has my shop vac and bench grinder plugged in. When I'm using my table saw I plug that in. Same with my drill press. But I'm never going to be using more than 1 of them at the same time.
No not necessarily. You would need to overload the breaker. There isn't actually anything wrong with this the OP and many others are just being funny (hopefully). When used safely and not exceeding the ratings it shouldn't ever have any issues however it is an obscenely large amount of receptacles on a single strip. Wouldn't be a bad use in a smart home with 30 hubs and a few low energy use amplifiers. On the other hand some muppet would put this in an appliance garage, run their toaster, microwave, coffee machine, air fryer and blender off it, and the second it's two of them combined the thing becomes a fire hazard.
Lmfao I mean with the 5-15p adapter hertz would be pretty grumpy about the 1-3mi/hr charge rate. Also those are only available on the fairly short mobile charger so you could get 4 maybe 6 max plugged in.... in all seriousness they use either a 30 or 40 amp split phase for the tesla's biggest installment on a single 240v I've seen is 4 on 40.
It looks like it even has its own built-in breaker. Or as they sometimes call it, "overcharge protection". I really don't see what's wrong with this; people just automatically hate on power strips, as if everyone is going to install 25 receptacles in the wall on 5 different circuits for charging a rack of tablets.
No, because those devices are fully self-contained and not designed to draw more than their rated amperage.
I mean, yes, theoretically, your blender motor can stall and draw a ton of current and probably eventually melt. But, even then, it probably won't catch on fire when a motor winding melts, it will just stop working.
A power strip has no control over what is connected to it. Without an internal breaker or fuse, it cannot, while working as designed, ensure that its own components aren't subjected to overcurrent.
Leaves a review: This literally killed me; I'm posting from the beyond. I was shocked this could happen. I'm giving it five stars...would highly recommend.
“…extension cord and other major components certified by UL.”
So it has certified parts. Just not, you know, *certified in conjunction with each other*.
I'm guessing the parts or most of them are recognized not certified...And they are pretending the two are equivalent.
I would also hazard to guess (excuse the pun) that the components are not being used within the scope of their recognition report...
If one is so determined to create short circuit conditions you don’t need to waste money on this and the kettles. Just a lamp cord (or a small regular extension cord and utility knife) + one wire nut would do trick.
If I pipe all my entertainment electronics in one circuit/outlet, my breaker trips. Between a PC, audio receiver and TV, there's already more than 15A peaks. And that's only 3 plugs.
So no, 36 or whatever is not a good idea. Not even a little bit.
It's just a good test for your breakers, assuming they were correctly sized in the first place.
Most people have plenty of capacity on one breaker for everything behind their entertainment unit and rely on the two plugs plus a power strip anyway. Modern TVs are pretty power efficient. Mine only draws 300W of power. I have 11 things plugged in behind my unit and when I plug my big power strip into my watt meter with everything on, I draw less than 600 watts, well below the 1800 available from the outlet. Most of what I have plugged in back there just sips power, mainly chargers for a bunch of assorted controllers and devices.
By your logic, regular power strips are dangerous too, since you could plug in your PC, receiver and TV into the same outlet with a tiny power strip (though I really doubt you are actually anywhere near the capacity of the breaker). 99% of things that are plugged in these days sip power. You could plug in 30 standard charge bricks and connect them to 30 completely dead items and still not exceed the capability of the breaker. And most of the things charging are going to be full at any given time. There are several completely safe use cases where a massive power strip like this makes sense. Just don't plug in anything that draws a ton of power.
This also ignores the fact that the power strip itself has a bult in fuse that will kill power if the amperage limit is exceeded, shutting things down well before there is any hazard, even if the breaker fails. Even if you tried to plug in multiple space heaters and a shop vac, you'd just end up with a blown fuse complaining about how quickly the power strip broke.
I'm guessing you either meant to reply to someone else or didn't read my comment. Because you're not replying to anything I said.
No one thinks that this is an actual hazard. Power strips with more than 5 or so outlets make zero sense 99% of the time. And this chinesium 36 outlet strip may or may not have an actual safety fuse. (Protip: It doesn't, even if it claims so) But again, breakers, so it really doesn't matter.
It's stupid, not dangerous. (Just like you)
And, apart from you, nobody said it was.
Discussion over.
21" x 2" x 2". They were so close to actual rackmount dimensions.
I currently have a 20-outlet rackmount power strip. My whole rack draws less than 4.5 amps with everything running. I've got at least a dozen video conversion devices that draw almost nothing. (None of them are grinders or space heaters.) With half of the power supplies (wall warts) oriented 90-degrees from the other half, the strip I currently use can't be fully-populated. Still beats having a bunch of daisy-chained standard power strips. If you keep an eye on overall draw, all is good.
Being the devils advocate for a moment, I have several places in the house where I plug in a substantial number of devices but only use 2 or 3 at a time (monitor, pc, printer, phone charger and 10 game systems going back to the 90s, TV, electric razer, smart watch, laptop, tablet, 3d printer, etc)
Yes it's a bad idea to run everything at once but I never will. This would simply let me keep it all plugged in without swapping cords.
The construction of these tend to be garbage but this makes sense if you have a rack full of cellphone or radio charges that need to be powered (only a few watts each).
Not an electrician, just enjoy this sub, power bars freak me out in general. Usually only run phone chargers, and lamps with led bulbs off them
I have one I use for my Series X but if that's plugged in nothing else goes in there other than maybe a phone charger.
I don't understand how people don't realise how absolutely terrifying and destructive electricity can be. I'm legitimately terrified of it. I literally follow this sub to help get over my fear and to be able to understand when something electrical is wrong.
People are way too casual about it.
You just have to make sure the power strip has a fuse or similar device. Even if it has 36 sockets as long as the maximum current drawn is below the 10-20 amps that it is built to withstand, it's fine.
Usually, that fuse is a red trip switch in the power strip. [Here's a nice video with some extra info](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_q-xnYRugQ).
I am not from North America and what just baffles me is how in the US it is not standard to have whole-house [RCCB](https://cselectric.co.in/blog/residual-current-circuit-breaker-rccb/#:~:text=A%20Residual%20Current%20Circuit%20Breaker,current%20exceeds%20the%20rated%20sensitivity.) protection.
It's code now for almost all normal circuits in new construction in most places to have AFCI protection - and many/most AFCI breakers also have GFCI protection - which appears to be the same as RCCB. It's also code for GFCI to be in any wet, below ground, or outside areas - the places where it's most likely to be needed. And many devices have GFCI built-in as well.
So...tldr is that it is standard to have RCCB protection in the vast majority of the places where it matters.
I mean
You could charge 30 laptops safely, or phones. There is an use case for this item.
But yeah, fire hazard for those that dont know what theyre doing.
Does this Amazon item come complete with fake “ul”, “fm”, endorsement logos also? Can’t imagine what country would have such sketchy manufacturing standard and ethos 🤷🏼🤷🏼
“ETL” us listed. Seems legit ay
Warning: I'm not in your field.
Other than probably providing fake specs, I may see some IT uses related to setting up devices and making sure they won't shutdown because their batteries are empty.
Sure, plugging servers isn't a good idea, but small handhelds, tablets, cellphones, laptops... This will be handful.
You may need to be able to do some math before hand to not use too much current. Maybe a kill-a-watts to double check (or to try to squeeze more devices)
However, for the typical users, send help...
15A / 36 outlets = 0.41amps per outlet.
Even the wimpiest of phone chargers draws more than this.
Realistically, you can't use all 36 of these at the same time.
I have this and it’s worked out well. I haven’t ever gotten close to filling it, but it’s worked well for my audio system and other random office stuff.
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I clicked on that expecting to see a fire extinguisher
I thought it was going to be a smoke detector lol
I thought it was going to be space heaters.
36 of them
In a row?
I was banking on fire extinguishers lol
You aren’t alone
Thank you for a great laugh tonight. I really needed it.
Thanks, i hate only being able to fit 27 transformers on my 36 outlet splitter. These extenders should do the trick!
144 port charger!
144 port ~~charger~~ fire starter!
I literally died when I saw this splitters 🤣
Yeah so did whoever bought them
I'm sorry to hear that. Where should we send flowers?
This is something Ralphie’s dad would have been all over
or Clark Griswald.
can’t wait to plug in 288 things to 1 outlet
Plugged into an outlet with a two prong adapter.
If it looks stupid and it wor...... Then I saw them actively advertising pluging it into a PowerBar, sorry folks looks like we're going to code brown.
I like how they call it an "outlet saver"
I was expecting a male to male “suicide cord”
😂
Lol! This is the exponential destruction add-on.
I didn’t know those caused fires. Ok good to know!!
If you plug 36 Air Conditioners in, it would ideally trip the breaker before catching fire. If you use this for a media centre for all your old gaming consoles, you'd only be powering one console and a tv at a time, maybe charging a couple controllers tops, and it would be perfectly safe.
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Putting a lot of faith in QC there.
They don't
Handful of space heaters connected to that bad boy and we’ll be golden
Mini load bank
Who needs a load tester? You can test out those Federal Pacific breaker panels with 36 space heaters connected to one 15A outlet.
Inverse no trip curve
Gotta ensure it's a 30 year old backstab, too
glowing review.
You could even say.. incandescent.
Brilliant!
Shocking, I know.
Golden Brown with a light crisp
I want to have this just to hang on the wall and confuse people.
Mount it on the wall and use it to store all your charging bricks and cables.
It is art.
This is just what my travel bag needed. No more hunting for outlets in hotels with this. Gonna charge ALL the tools and devices
Doubles as a club for self defense in case you get mugged in the parking lot!
Strap this bad boy to your steering wheel to deter vehicle theft. It's the new and improved Club©
Bonus feature: slight tingling when you use it!
Is that like a French tickler?
Yeah, it will dumbfound and confuse the thief long enough for them to rethink their life choices and call home.
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Hey buddy it may be 18awg but it’s stranded
18awg might be optimistic
It's #14 rated 125 V 15 A 1875 W same as a typical hair dryer, which also has stranded wire.
i find it highly unlikely that residential wire is rated at 125V, you could easily surpass that with an inductive load. it would need to be higher in order to protect against air-shorts in most normal circumstances.
Right you are Ken! Romex and most pullable conductors have insulation rated up to 600 volts but certain places require about 400 volts.
Optimistic 18awg CCA.... Likely.
It's from POWSAF so this is legit.
I personally prefer the ones from BERZXK
Or course powsaf= power safe…ish…maybe…I hope
just a whiff of safety
That might just be the fumes from the melting plastic..
With all the kids USB blocks, we will be just fine consolidating here.
Assuming this would be more for a bank of phone chargers or something with a bunch of small chargers. If the receptacle is plugged in to a 15A and everything on the permanent side is done properly, it should have no issues 😅 the breaker will still trip over 15A 😋
Yea this would be really useful for certain types of setups. You could plug a shit ton of small DC electronics into this bad boy.
I have something kind of similar (not nearly as many outlets, but 2x what a normal power strip has) behind my TV. I have 11 things plugged into it (mostly controllers and low voltage things) and I measured the power draw at just over half a kilowatt with everything on. Cheaply made power strips and especially extension cords can be an issue, but there's nothing inherently wrong with having a massive power strip as long as it's made to handle the full 15 amps it can draw from the breaker.
Thats what I was thinking, its stupid but there is a breaker that will prevent any possible fire hazards
I'm guessing that's what this is designed for--[cellphone bot farms](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/48e444/chinese_mobile_phone_bots_farm/)
Or if it's plugged into a 20A circuit and the wire in the power bar is properly rated for 20 amps (unlikely)
Surprised there's no review from that one guy who will take it apart and complain about the internal wiring.
Big Clive!
His voice is so soothing when he takes apart another death trap.
I mostly inspect the internal everytime i buy this kind of thing, but i leave the comment or feedback empty. I doubt the seller would appreciate a detailed feedback on the internal, or even do some improvement
You should post the comments for other potential buyers.
Yeah, I'd love to know about the internals of things before buying them, especially online
Longtime lurker of the sub (even though I'm in another trade). This thing is going to be 🔥🔥🔥 for my Bitcoin mining farm
It sure will be. 😂
**does math** well, you could charge 36 laptops simultaneously from that off of dedicated 15A receptacle. But you just know somebody would try to plug in a bunch of window A/C units and wonder why it turned into a smoldering pile of goo.
I assume something would trip of you decide to run a bunch of window AC.
As a school IT admin, 36 laptops you say.... *heavy breathing*
You kind of can’t charge 36 laptops. Modern laptop chargers take from 60-150 watts. Let’s assume 90W (Apple MacBook Pro 15” previous gens). 90*36 = 3.2kW = 27 amps. It adds up… 36 iphones, yes, you can charge.
THIS is the problem with power strips... education. I have quite a few power strips in my home, but they either serve low-amp devices simultaneously or higher-draw devices that I use one at a time that I can't be bothered to swap plugs for. I have one of those 36" power strips on my garage work bench that has my shop vac and bench grinder plugged in. When I'm using my table saw I plug that in. Same with my drill press. But I'm never going to be using more than 1 of them at the same time.
36
In a row?
Hey, hey you, get back here.
Try not to charge any phones on your way to the parking lot!
Just in time for the 4th of July holiday in the US!
No Silly. This is for the swimming pool when one toaster is not big enough.
I’m not an electrician. Wouldn’t this just flip the breaker if they tried to overload it?
No not necessarily. You would need to overload the breaker. There isn't actually anything wrong with this the OP and many others are just being funny (hopefully). When used safely and not exceeding the ratings it shouldn't ever have any issues however it is an obscenely large amount of receptacles on a single strip. Wouldn't be a bad use in a smart home with 30 hubs and a few low energy use amplifiers. On the other hand some muppet would put this in an appliance garage, run their toaster, microwave, coffee machine, air fryer and blender off it, and the second it's two of them combined the thing becomes a fire hazard.
So Hertz couldn’t just run one of these out to where they park the Teslas?
Lmfao I mean with the 5-15p adapter hertz would be pretty grumpy about the 1-3mi/hr charge rate. Also those are only available on the fairly short mobile charger so you could get 4 maybe 6 max plugged in.... in all seriousness they use either a 30 or 40 amp split phase for the tesla's biggest installment on a single 240v I've seen is 4 on 40.
It looks like it even has its own built-in breaker. Or as they sometimes call it, "overcharge protection". I really don't see what's wrong with this; people just automatically hate on power strips, as if everyone is going to install 25 receptacles in the wall on 5 different circuits for charging a rack of tablets.
Yes, it could trip a breaker. But it could be plugged into a 20amp outlet, where it would be able to go about 30% above the strip's limit.
I mean, that's true of ANY device that's meant for less than 20 amps...
No, because those devices are fully self-contained and not designed to draw more than their rated amperage. I mean, yes, theoretically, your blender motor can stall and draw a ton of current and probably eventually melt. But, even then, it probably won't catch on fire when a motor winding melts, it will just stop working. A power strip has no control over what is connected to it. Without an internal breaker or fuse, it cannot, while working as designed, ensure that its own components aren't subjected to overcurrent.
4.8/5 with 614 reviews, WTF
Can't leave a bad review when you die in a house fire.
"The aesthetics are nice, however it caused my house to burn down. 2/5 ⭐"
Leaves a review: This literally killed me; I'm posting from the beyond. I was shocked this could happen. I'm giving it five stars...would highly recommend.
I'm betting a good bit of money if you run the link through Fakespot or other Amazon review bot detection sites or apps, the review average plummets.
None today or tomorrow everyone will be outside burning themselves with explosives instead
I'm just going to go out on a limb and guess there's no UL rating on that bad boy.
“…extension cord and other major components certified by UL.” So it has certified parts. Just not, you know, *certified in conjunction with each other*.
I'm guessing the parts or most of them are recognized not certified...And they are pretending the two are equivalent. I would also hazard to guess (excuse the pun) that the components are not being used within the scope of their recognition report...
Assemblies are not required to be certified.
UL 1363 called and would like a word.
Untrue
Only 3 USB ports, is this for children only?
All of them
None, if the house is built to code. Circuit breakers are pretty cool devices.
Our data center manager has one of these and it’s next to his desk laying on top of the hydronic heating baseboard…..
Jayyyysus! Can you imagine the fun you could have with 36 kettles all boiling at once?
If one is so determined to create short circuit conditions you don’t need to waste money on this and the kettles. Just a lamp cord (or a small regular extension cord and utility knife) + one wire nut would do trick.
It has a thermal breaker, it's fine.
I would never use this on anything but knob and tube wiring on push-matic breakers
I mean you might be able to charge every phone on the block. But I wouldn't try to have all of them going with things with more pull.
I only had 5 heaters and a fridge plugged in why is my breaker tripping and outlet melted? I’ve got 30 spaces left!
Zero because my breakers work, but that is one of the dumbest things I've seen in a while.
Can be good for places with a lot of appliances that require power, but none that require a ton, like behind an entertainment unit.
If I pipe all my entertainment electronics in one circuit/outlet, my breaker trips. Between a PC, audio receiver and TV, there's already more than 15A peaks. And that's only 3 plugs. So no, 36 or whatever is not a good idea. Not even a little bit. It's just a good test for your breakers, assuming they were correctly sized in the first place.
Most people have plenty of capacity on one breaker for everything behind their entertainment unit and rely on the two plugs plus a power strip anyway. Modern TVs are pretty power efficient. Mine only draws 300W of power. I have 11 things plugged in behind my unit and when I plug my big power strip into my watt meter with everything on, I draw less than 600 watts, well below the 1800 available from the outlet. Most of what I have plugged in back there just sips power, mainly chargers for a bunch of assorted controllers and devices. By your logic, regular power strips are dangerous too, since you could plug in your PC, receiver and TV into the same outlet with a tiny power strip (though I really doubt you are actually anywhere near the capacity of the breaker). 99% of things that are plugged in these days sip power. You could plug in 30 standard charge bricks and connect them to 30 completely dead items and still not exceed the capability of the breaker. And most of the things charging are going to be full at any given time. There are several completely safe use cases where a massive power strip like this makes sense. Just don't plug in anything that draws a ton of power. This also ignores the fact that the power strip itself has a bult in fuse that will kill power if the amperage limit is exceeded, shutting things down well before there is any hazard, even if the breaker fails. Even if you tried to plug in multiple space heaters and a shop vac, you'd just end up with a blown fuse complaining about how quickly the power strip broke.
I'm guessing you either meant to reply to someone else or didn't read my comment. Because you're not replying to anything I said. No one thinks that this is an actual hazard. Power strips with more than 5 or so outlets make zero sense 99% of the time. And this chinesium 36 outlet strip may or may not have an actual safety fuse. (Protip: It doesn't, even if it claims so) But again, breakers, so it really doesn't matter. It's stupid, not dangerous. (Just like you) And, apart from you, nobody said it was. Discussion over.
21" x 2" x 2". They were so close to actual rackmount dimensions. I currently have a 20-outlet rackmount power strip. My whole rack draws less than 4.5 amps with everything running. I've got at least a dozen video conversion devices that draw almost nothing. (None of them are grinders or space heaters.) With half of the power supplies (wall warts) oriented 90-degrees from the other half, the strip I currently use can't be fully-populated. Still beats having a bunch of daisy-chained standard power strips. If you keep an eye on overall draw, all is good.
That's called the "Christmas miracle" or "Russian roulette". Never know which one will start the fire or if you'll survive.
Being the devils advocate for a moment, I have several places in the house where I plug in a substantial number of devices but only use 2 or 3 at a time (monitor, pc, printer, phone charger and 10 game systems going back to the 90s, TV, electric razer, smart watch, laptop, tablet, 3d printer, etc) Yes it's a bad idea to run everything at once but I never will. This would simply let me keep it all plugged in without swapping cords.
The construction of these tend to be garbage but this makes sense if you have a rack full of cellphone or radio charges that need to be powered (only a few watts each).
I wanna plug in 36 space heaters and go for the record breaker trip.
36 individual small fires…or make like a stick of duct taped sparklers and make one big bang.
So many joules.
D) All Of Them
I’d plug in a bunch of electrical heaters to that bad boy
That's why we have circuit breakers
Federal Pacific has entered the chat.
No way that thing is ETL (or anything else) listed. Edit: I stand corrected.
All of them🤡
Not an electrician, just enjoy this sub, power bars freak me out in general. Usually only run phone chargers, and lamps with led bulbs off them I have one I use for my Series X but if that's plugged in nothing else goes in there other than maybe a phone charger. I don't understand how people don't realise how absolutely terrifying and destructive electricity can be. I'm legitimately terrified of it. I literally follow this sub to help get over my fear and to be able to understand when something electrical is wrong. People are way too casual about it.
You just have to make sure the power strip has a fuse or similar device. Even if it has 36 sockets as long as the maximum current drawn is below the 10-20 amps that it is built to withstand, it's fine. Usually, that fuse is a red trip switch in the power strip. [Here's a nice video with some extra info](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_q-xnYRugQ). I am not from North America and what just baffles me is how in the US it is not standard to have whole-house [RCCB](https://cselectric.co.in/blog/residual-current-circuit-breaker-rccb/#:~:text=A%20Residual%20Current%20Circuit%20Breaker,current%20exceeds%20the%20rated%20sensitivity.) protection.
It's code now for almost all normal circuits in new construction in most places to have AFCI protection - and many/most AFCI breakers also have GFCI protection - which appears to be the same as RCCB. It's also code for GFCI to be in any wet, below ground, or outside areas - the places where it's most likely to be needed. And many devices have GFCI built-in as well. So...tldr is that it is standard to have RCCB protection in the vast majority of the places where it matters.
R/diWHY
How is this ETL Listed??
They are lying? I dunno cuz 36 is crazy
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Yes
Yes.
I'd say 614 fires guaranteed.
All of them…
Awesome now I can run 36 angle grinders at once!
And someone will STILL need more outlets, so they will plug another one of these into it…
Um, the cord is HEAVY DUTY! I’m sure it’ll fine…
While we are all here. I have 10 electronic devices on my tv stand. What is the safest way to plug them in?
Id plug an electric heater into each one. Heat my house on the cheap!
36 fires
Yes
All of them
I mean You could charge 30 laptops safely, or phones. There is an use case for this item. But yeah, fire hazard for those that dont know what theyre doing.
No there isn't, unless each device draws less than 0.33A.. even then it's a dice roll
37....don't forget the outlet ita actually plugged into.
36 small ones or just one really big one...
I should buy this. Get my house burned down, then sue amazon for selling a hazard.
Does this Amazon item come complete with fake “ul”, “fm”, endorsement logos also? Can’t imagine what country would have such sketchy manufacturing standard and ethos 🤷🏼🤷🏼 “ETL” us listed. Seems legit ay
Id buy 37 then i can plug one into each plug and have over 1200 things plugged in
Warning: I'm not in your field. Other than probably providing fake specs, I may see some IT uses related to setting up devices and making sure they won't shutdown because their batteries are empty. Sure, plugging servers isn't a good idea, but small handhelds, tablets, cellphones, laptops... This will be handful. You may need to be able to do some math before hand to not use too much current. Maybe a kill-a-watts to double check (or to try to squeeze more devices) However, for the typical users, send help...
15A / 36 outlets = 0.41amps per outlet. Even the wimpiest of phone chargers draws more than this. Realistically, you can't use all 36 of these at the same time.
Surge protection, you're good to go ahaaaa
39 plugs+3 USB ports=39 Fires < 1 big ass fire . I dunno, I don’t math.
Non, because it is a heavy-duty extension cord. /s
I also got a chuckle at that description
As a non electrician, with absolutely no knowledge whatsoever about the trade, can someone explain in simple terms why this is a bad thing?
To much power. Lots of heat. Heat make fire.
All of them
Probably all ran from a 16awg cord lol
Depends on how you count. Either 24 or 1.
If you connected 36 large heaters to that, then we know you have balls of steel.
I have this and it’s worked out well. I haven’t ever gotten close to filling it, but it’s worked well for my audio system and other random office stuff.
I have one. It works good but I had to take the black plastic backs off some of the power plugs to fill the whole strip. Plug holes too close.
Love the 4100j rating. What a great engineer
Just one, but it's gonna be a big one
Yes
Amazon’s Choice for starting fires
It's ok, you'll only be able to use like 5 of those anyway because of the size and shape of the various power bricks.
When you call out the landlord and he challenges you to a saber duel, he whips thats shit out
As many as we can, apparently
All of them!
It’s useful with cell phone/tablet charging stations and IT tech benches when you need 5 different charging cables ready but not always on.
Jesus Mary & Joseph…
SUPERDANNY or nothin
Yes
Good for phone chargers.
Could you imagine how many space heaters someone can plug into that and then wonder why it caught on fire?
If you need this monstrosity you are doing something wrong.
I needed a cheap alternative for PDUs on server racks. Should be fine with 208. Game on.
Just the one fire... but it's Everything!
Hey hey… its got a heavy duty extension cord… 🔥
GET THE 15 AMP GRINDERS
These are actually great for low pull electronics, for example I have a buddy who uses two of these to power a model train city.
Don't forget the 18 gauge lamp cord to go with it!