Talk:Power strip

Daisy Chain =[edit]

I just added this section, i don't know the exact details, could someone please flush it out if they do. A good discussion on this effect is described here.

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-users@linux.nf/msg05401.html

Reply:

It is prohibited (in the US anyway) to connect power strips in a series configuration. UL1383 prohibits:

Connecting power strips in series
Use of power strips outdoors
Permanent installation of power strips (by affixing them to furniture, walls, etc)
Use of power strips for medical devices

I'm not sure about the claim that series-connected strips have reduced protection. They clamp on voltage, so as the voltage rises, they will all clamp at the same time if connected in parallel, sinking 4 times as much current.

98.114.208.181 (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Series-connected strips do not have reduced protection, but perhaps marginally increased protection. They will not all clamp at the same time since typically only one will trip first and carry the majority of the current. I've added a citation to a Surge Protection FAQ, Item 10. Even the wiki entry for 'Surge protector' mentions this same fact:

"Manufacturers commonly design higher joule rated surge protectors by cascading MOVs in parallel. Since MOVs have non-linear responses, when exposed to the same overvoltage, any given MOV can be more sensitive than others, causing one MOV in a group to conduct more, leading to overuse and eventually premature failure"

157.254.98.204 (talk) 07:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Universal Power Strips[edit]

http://images.google.com/images?q=wonpro

http://www.110220volts.ca/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/WES41s.jpg

show a "universal" power strip that did just cross my desk ... anybody got an encyclopaedic opinion?

-- Pelavarre (talk) 00:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"seems to be designed to allow anything with any plug to plug into a 110V feed ... Thats probably safe as in a 220V device would probably just not work if plugged into a 110V feed if it didnt have a universal power supply. Or it'll blwo the fuse trying to draw too many amps. But generally fail-safe conditions.

"The reverse is *not* safe. 110V devices will explode and burn if they dont have an appropriate power supply."

is what I see at the no-robots site https://www.nlzero.com/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?conference=hardware&topic=general

Perhaps we could rest that conclusion on some encylopaedic sources ...

-- Pelavarre (talk) 16:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Essentially one could consider them to be effectively the combination of power strips with universal travel adaptors. Personally I have grave doubts as to whether one socket can really mate with that many different pin configurations in a way that can safely power large devices. There is also the serious issue of the fact that german/french plugs will often mate with such sockets but not connect the earth. I have the same grave doubts about universal travel adaptors and would never use one for a large applicance. I have seen such power strips (with british plugs on) for sale in the UK but only at computer markets and the like.

This is all my own opnion and impressions, I don't have reliable sources to hand so this can't go in the article as it is. Plugwash (talk) 00:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

images[edit]

my ideal for this page would be to get at least one relavent image for each section and have them all showing different types of socket

trying to represent every type of socket would just be image overload unless we had a lot more text (and i think the subject is covered pretty comprehensively) but representing one country twice would show national bias. Plugwash 16:59, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

power strip vs powerstrip[edit]

user:GreatWhiteNorthener unilaterally changed power strip to powerstrip furthermore he broke an image link (two if you coun't one that was commented out) in the process and he was making corrections to text in html comments suggesting hasty use of an automated tool.

google gives about twice as many results for powerstrip than power strip BUT the first page for powerstrip has no mention at all of the electrical item.

also our article is called power strip so using powerstrip in the text would be inconsistant (unless we move the article)

finally power strip seems more correct to me (in the same way do not seems more correct than don't)

comments please Plugwash 11:43, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Queued image[edit]

Chamaeleon im not sure what you mean by putting this here on the talk page. Its a nice pic sure but two pictures of the same contrys powerstrip, particularlly an extremely basic unit with nothing special about it seems a little excessive to me.

"Flex"[edit]

The term "flex" is not very common, and is somewhat colloquial. I would use power cable. A more technical term. Adam850 06:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Afaict general useage (including in diy books and among electricians) in the UK is that cable means fixed wiring cable and flex means flexible cable used to connect appliances. So using the word cable is actually a bit misleading to brits imo. Plugwash 16:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The correct term in the UK is flexible cable, although this is almost always shortened to flex in practice. It would be unusual in the UK to refer to an appliance cord as simply a cable. --Ali@gwc.org.uk 22:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PowerSquid[edit]

I've added a mention of the PowerSquid, because it is an alternate power strip design that hadn't been mentioned in the article. I'm concerned, though, that what I wrote reads too much like an advert for ThinkGeek; I'd mention some other products of a similar design, but I haven't been able to find any. ~ Booyabazooka 20:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PowerStrip - MultiMon/Display hardware utility[edit]

PowerStrip is also a very powerfull MultiMon/Display hardware utility, I couldn't find a page for that? I think this awesome utility deserves a page-- RadicalSatDude 21:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

Yes, please add info on that program! NakiBest (talk) 17:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

from surge protection:[edit]

"An overload protected board cannot cause damage or trip distribution boards when plugged into them, that damage can only be done by surge protected board by the way the MVO's inside them are manufactured. Both boards have a reset switch."

What does this sentence mean? What is a distribution board, and what damage is he reffering to? 124.177.182.212 (talk) 09:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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History[edit]

Hey there, I recently wrote a story about AC adapters, and highlighted the bit of history about the invention of the power board from Australia, which seems to be the prevailing bit of history of the creation of such a device. However, I learned after the fact (after a commenter pointed out to me that there were examples of prior art) that the three-outlet power strip predates the 1972 creation by at least 43 years, and there is a patent design contemporary (but patented before the Australian invention) that has a design much closer to what is used today. For that reason, I updated this section to clarify the nature of the invention, as the 1972 invention clearly isn't the earliest example.

Ernie at Tedium (talk) 12:30, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]