The Rosetta Stone anno 2024.
Ah yes, for my 66… 13w? Devices.
I guess a bunch of LED strings and maybe a phone charger (low-speed 5v 3a only).
Edit: also, what is 12-14 usb charging ports? You’re not sure how many there are? Does it vary from package to package?
The 12-14 USB ports is my favorite part, like they couldn’t be bothered to count, or it varies.
It also has 71 outlets instead of 66 lol
I might not understand 😅 Or I may have miscounted something. But in the middle there are 5 sockets in a row, there are 10 rows, on each side there are 8 sockets. That does seem to add up to 66 to me. What am I missing?
I love how the cord is only 6" long, so you’ve either got to bolt this monstrosity to the wall immediately beside the outlet, or plug it into another extension…
I’m guessing it varies based on whatever components they had available when they ran that batch on the assembly line?
And, there’s not 66 sockets either
And that one fat bastard plug will still cover 9 ports around it.
We call it the firestarter 3000
Saved me money in flints and steel… did not save me money in housing… 3 stars
It actually looks like a skyscraper with sad faces looking out of the window :(
I mean, I’m sure the device itself is built like shit and a fire hazard that way but just plugging too much stuff in will (ideally) throw a breaker before it starts a fire. It’s what the breakers are there for, after all. Before anybody says anything about it, yes an individual outlet can take the whole load of the circuit, precisely because of silly shit like this.
Well, kind of. Most normal outlets in the US are 15a on 20a circuits. But the circuit’s running load is only supposed to be 75% of the breaker’s rating. So in practice, yeah basically you can pull 15a at 120V through a single outlet if you need to.
18 amps effectively, at least for a period of time. Don’t do that, but yeah they are overbuilt a little.
I’ve always read that you can do 100% of the capacity as “surge” (I haven’t read a definition, but I think it’s no more than 3-5 seconds) and 80% the rest of the time.
So your clothes dryer can start the heating element and turn on the motor at the same time and use the whole 30 amp outlet it’s plugged into if it wants to because the power will go down once the drum is up to speed. From there, the power might go down further once it’s up to temperature. If you’re charging your car on that same outlet, though, it needs to be limited to 24 amps because it’ll be using that the whole time.
It gets weird, though, with 15/20 amp, though. Technically, if it’s a 15amp outlet, you should only use 12 amps continuously. However, a lot of the time everything except the outlet is specced for 20amps. In that situation, you should still follow the same rules, but it’s more forgiving.
What breakers are there to protect is the cable in your wall.
The cable should be rated to run at 100% load continuously (with some safety factor for running a little more); depending on the breaker rating and curve (usually C curve in New Zealand for domestic).
So a C20 breaker can supply 120A for 1s before protecting the circuit; this allows for starting motors.
Now a breaker is different from an RCD which measures the difference between the phase and neutral lines. If the difference is too high the circuit trips. This is to protect the fleshy thing holding the knife in the toaster.
In America, they always say that continuous loads should run at 80%. That’s why circuit breakers are specced at 15/20/30/40/50/60 amp but the EVSE is specced at 12/16/24/32/40/48 amp.
Aye. US NEC says 80% is safe carrying capacity. There is an expectation there will be surges or dirty power that might take it a little
Electrical Fire made this product
Plot twist: They’re connected into a single serial circuit for safety reasons
Finally, a surge
generatorprotector worthy of my x-mas tree and multimedia setup.Those big plugs for everything take so much room.
Not enough USB 3.0 ports >:(
Not enough PS/2 ports. :(
Thank the gods-- experts!! Is this okay please? It’s a 12 socket, 2USB, Surge Protector with Joule Rating: 3900
.Currently plugged in: Fibre hub and router; small TV; occasionally laptop.
Probably supports more power than the shown strip.
It should specify its max wattage somewhere. But since it’s 3900 joules which is quite a lot for a surge protector iirc, I assume it’s decent quality, so should handle at least ~1800W which should be more than enough for the stuff you plugged into it
For when you really love that ozone mixed with smoke and burnt plastic smell in your dorm.
“Your cat will love the ambient heat it gives off even when nothing is plugged in.”
That last part just saying Fire is the funniest part
I’m stuck between “Omg yes pls! OwO” and “Oh God pls no!”.
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