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2. Never Plug These 12 Things Into Your Power Strip - AOL

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   3. Refrigerators and Freezers. The first thing they’ll tell you when you’re buying a new fridge is to plug it into a wall outlet. A power strip isn’t beefy enough for heavy-duty appliances ...

3. Power strip - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. 9 Things You Should Never Do with Power Strips - AOL

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   Here’s why you should never plug a space heater into your power strip. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...

5. 12 Household Appliances You Should Unplug to Save Money

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   And the DOE says that anywhere from 5% to 10% of your residential electricity is sapped by devices that are plugged in 24 hours a day. Related Articles. AOL. Savings interest rates today: Grow ...

6. Standby power - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   This is the general rating of the adaptor, and indicates the maximum total load in amps, regardless of the number of sockets used (for example, if a 16 A 250 V adaptor has four sockets, it would be fine to plug four different devices into it that each consume 2 A as this represents a total load of only 8 A, whereas if only two devices were ...