Hi /diy/ - is it safe to plug two surge protectors into an extension

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>>1043399
The problem with plugging a surge protector into something besides a receptacle is that it might result in too much load on a single circuit, which may result in the wire heating, melting the insulator, and causing a fire.

>>1043399
yes its safe... but you can simply plug the extension cord into the surge protector and achieve the same result

It depends entirely on what you're plugging into it. If it's all low-power stuff, you can load up a bunch of shit into it. If you want a fridge and five microwaves next to the pool outside, you're gonna blow the breaker/fuse

>>1043405
You can overload a circuit in a lot of other ways, too. The key is to just pay attention to what you're plugging in and how many amps you're drawing in total and not be stupid.

If you plug two power strips into the same circuit, just keep in mind that you do NOT then have twice the amount of current draw at your disposal and you'll be fine.

>>1043405
This.

Not enough information, OP.
Heavy gauge extension cord? Basic "lamp wire" 2 strand extension cord?
What kind of load are you running through the power strip?

It's not a great idea at all. It can be done, short term, with industrial grade extension cords. Don't do it permanent. If you decide to do this, against advice, check the cord after a half hour and see if it's hot. If it's even warm, discontinue immediately. Everyone above me covered everything else.

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>>1043405
I'll see your overloaded receptacle and raise you one...

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Plugging them into each other is the same exact thing as plugging them in off an extension cord. It depends on what you're using them for is whether or not it becomes unsafe. How many amps are the equipment you're using drawing?

This setup looks crazy, but it's safe.

>>1043399
In theory u can plug a metric fuckton of them into each other short of the dray from all the coper and surge lights.

Dont listen to those. I got tons of them plugged into each other.

Just be extremely careful not to overload the rating of the protector or your breaker. If u dont access the plugs a lot i would just do it.

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>>1043405
Mfw that is my house

THIS SURGE SURPRERSSOR IS AN OCTAGON!

>>1043571
>stacking them back to screen
>scratching the screens
this triggers me

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If by surge protector you mean power boards/strips then definitely safely if the have protection such as AU/NZ have a breaker on the cord end of them and UK have a fuse in the plug. Not sure about US/CA but if they aren't protected you need to ensure total load isn't greater than the sockets rating.

Didn't know this was such an issue. I've had one surge protector/power strip thing plugged into another for a long time with no problems. The first surge protector has a router, modem, Xbox, and tv plugged into it as well as another surge protector. That 2nd one wraps around farther to my desk and has my computers and monitors and stuff. They never seemed hot or anything when i went to plug something in or change something so idk

>>1043880
It normally isn't, it's not about number of things plugged in, it's about power drawn. You could have 50 phone chargers plugged in off one socket. Their power drawn would match that of two toasters. A toaster could draw 50% the sockets rating where as a phone charger is something like 2%.

A monitor may be only 7%, a desktop tower 20%, xbox 15% etc..

>>1043714
This.
The only reason this 'don't daisy chain power strips' rule exists is because a single socket is generally rated for lower amps than the breaker so it can be overloaded even if the breaker isn't.

The circuit breaker will trip if you draw too many amps. It's not really that dangerous.

>>1043405
Wouldnt it just pop the breaker first?

>>1044213

Different anon here:
I realize most electrical devices would have information like this listed on it somewhere as far as how much power it would draw, my laptop charging cable lists 50-60Hz for example. How do I take that information and determine what amount of power a socket or circuit (or whatever) could handle max, in order to find a rough percentage of what each device would be pulling?

>>1044676
>50-60Hz
that's not the right number
amps or watts and voltage.

>>1044630
>>1044672
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>>1044499