[sudo-discuss] need power strips for sudoroom

[danarauz at gmail.com]

Fair enough. (W = A x V)

I am the one that re-arranged those cables there a while back, that area
used to be fed by a extension cord coming from the basement.

I may have an extra power strip to donate, I will let you know if I find
it.



On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 1:28 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, danarauz at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Is it safe to be adding more power strips in that area?
>>
>> I am not an electrician, but it seems to me that the 3D printer area
>> already
>> have a lot of connections. That area (the 3D printing area) is being feed
>> by
>> an extension cord which also feeds the area above (behind the sudoroom
>> sign), and the building station to the right.
>>
>
> it's not the number of power strips that matters, only the amount of
> current flowing through them.
>
> we are only plugging in tiny things like VOIP phones and LCD monitors and
> a computer, and small lamps and a raspberry pi and things like that... each
> device taking like 5 watts to maybe 200 watts for the desktop computer.  A
> single power strip can handle 1800 watts (15 amps 120v) so there will not
> be a problem.
>
> -jake




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