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Re: FRC Blogged - Wireless Security, Karthik at TEDx and a Pop Safety Quiz!

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Originally Posted by Travis Covington View Post
So we are in agreement?
Yes

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Originally Posted by Jim Wilks View Post
Yes, this made me laugh too. The number of power strips is unimportant. Only the load matters. Yet more misguided efforts at "safety" based on no facts.
Each of the individual receptacles are only rated for a few hundred watts. That's why they also say not to use them with space heaters. It should be easy to see why daisy chaining power strips with many small loads may not overload the overall rating, but may overload an individual receptacle.
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