"He had the power strip plugged into itself and wondered why it didn't work"
"The problem is that he plugged it in to a dead outlet. You need two strips for that to work."
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"Plug one of them into the wall to energize its outlets, then plug the second one into that to energize
its outlets. Then move the plug from the first strip into an outlet on the second strip, and you'll be good to go."
