Electrical safety question

[Cheeky Monkey]

This is probably a stupid question. I'm now acquiring gear for my small bedroom studio and of course, every component whether PC, nearfield monitors, mixer, etc., etc. has a power cord, some with transformers. I now have enough components to fill a couple of power bars and although I s'pose a breaker will trip if the circuit is overloaded, I'm wondering about the safety of having so much plugged into an electrical wall outlet. Is this a concern and how much does the quality of a power bar matter (and I s'pose it should be one with surge protection)? Any makes/specs that should be considered when buying a power bar/surge protector?

 

[Tifstorey]

You should be fine aslong as you have enough wall sockets to plug adapters into. If your short of wall sockets and you start plugging a 5 socket adapter into another 5 socket, thats when it can start to become dangerous. Your going to want to protect your equipment like you say by having surge protectors, theres nothing else i can really add to it. i have 3 wall sockets with 3x5 adapters running from each. All of which have surge protectors.

That will work fine, thats how mines been for over a year and ive never had any shocks, damage to my equipment or anything else. (touch wood!)

Good luck

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

You should be fine aslong as you have enough wall sockets to plug adapters into. If your short of wall sockets and you start plugging a 5 socket adapter into another 5 socket, thats when it can start to become dangerous. Your going to want to protect your equipment like you say by having surge protectors, theres nothing else i can really add to it. i have 3 wall sockets with 3x5 adapters running from each. All of which have surge protectors.

That will work fine, thats how mines been for over a year and ive never had any shocks, damage to my equipment or anything else. (touch wood!)

Good luck

Thanks. Ok, just to confirm my understanding, as long as you don't 'daisy chain' the power bars/surge protectors, therefore having each plugged into its own outlet, there should be no problems.

 

[Tifstorey]

Correct

 

[thane1200]

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