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Just noticed everyone's forgetting their power strips can't handle heavy gear
I see so many people posting their office setups with all these monitors, computers, and lights plugged into one cheap power strip. That's a fire waiting to happen especially if you got a laser printer or space heater nearby. I had a guy in my neighborhood group brag about his new desk setup then a week later his strip melted and killed his whole system. Check the wattage rating on your strip before you plug in more than a laptop and phone charger. Has anyone else almost lost gear this way?
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garcia.cameron1mo ago
Bought a heavy duty surge protector with a 15 amp rating after almost frying my setup. Plugged my desktop, two monitors, and a space heater into a basic strip once and it got hot to the touch within minutes. That scared me straight. Now I keep anything with a motor like printers or heaters on their own wall outlet. Spent maybe 30 bucks on a decent strip and it already paid off when we had a brownout last summer.
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kevinw941mo ago
My buddy literally had the same thing happen with a space heater and an old power strip he got from a dollar store back in 2017. The strip turned brown and started smoking after he ran it for three hours with his gaming PC and a fan plugged in too. He was lucky he was home and caught it before anything caught fire. I told him that those cheap strips are basically made for phone chargers and lamps, not real electronics. Ngl it's scary how many people just assume any power strip can handle whatever they throw at it. Honestly glad you caught yours before it went up in flames the way my buddy's almost did.
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