[Elecraft] OT - Outlet Strips

[Mike]

Good points.

Mike

elelist984 wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Please be careful about selecting "budget" outlet strips.  I know our 
> conditions are not identical with those in the U.S., but there have 
> been a number of fires down here caused by cheap outlet strips.  
> Insufficiently heavy wiring on cheap items imported from you know 
> where was one cause, I believe, and the other was a build up of dust 
> which got into the strip via the outlets.  In time the dust conducted 
> and started a fire.
>
> Our better (but more expensive) strips have automatic shutters which 
> close off the outlet openings when the outlet is vacant, and so help 
> prevent the ingress of dust.  Our fire chief has also recommended that 
> they not be installed with the outlet side facing upwards.  Often the 
> ugly things get installed our of sight behind furniture and that's 
> where the problem build up begins.
>
> Mike wrote:
>> I got a nice one from Harbor Freight for about 25 bux. 12 outlets and an 
>> on/off switch. If you don't have a store locally, they're on the web.
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>> Edward Dickinson, III wrote:
>>   
>>> Wall warts are like Tribbles.
>>>
>>> Has someone found the near perfect, readily available, budget outlet strip
>>> for wall warts?
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Dick - KA5KKT
>>>
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