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Here are 9 things you should never do with power strips. If your power strips don’t reach quite far enough or you need some extra plugs, it’s tempting to string multiple strips together, daisy ...
Power strips are handy, but they’re only designed for short-term use with low-power items like your charger, not microwaves and freezers. Never Plug These 12 Things Into Your Power Strip Skip to ...
A North American power strip with two USB power ports that includes a built in surge protector. A power strip (also known as a multi-socket, power board and many other variations [a]) is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable (typically with a mains plug on the other end), allowing multiple electrical devices to be powered from a single electrical socket.
A switchable power strip or power bar. Timers can be used to turn off standby power to devices that are unused on a regular schedule. Switches that turn the power off when the connected device goes into standby, [30] or that turn other outlets on or off when a device is turned on or off are also available. Switches can be activated by sensors.
An AC adapter or AC/DC adapter (also called a wall charger, power adapter, power brick, or wall wart) [1] is a type of external power supply, often enclosed in a case similar to an AC plug. [2] AC adapters deliver electric power to devices that lack internal components to draw voltage and power from mains power themselves.
An automobile auxiliary power outlet (also known as car cigarette lighter or auxiliary power outlet [1]) in an automobile was initially designed to power an electrically heated cigarette lighter, [1] but became a de facto standard DC connector to supply electrical power for portable accessories used in or near an automobile directly from the ...
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)
HomePlug devices are not compatible with certain power strips, surge protectors, and uninterruptible power supplies incorporating filters, which block the high-frequency signal. In such cases, the installer must plug devices directly into building electrical receptacles. [24]