i bought a surge protector a few months back for my pc, I just tried it out today and found out the cable was too short to reach the socket in the wall. I heard daisy chaining power surges with other power surges are dangerous, but how about normal power strips that has nothing plugged to it? I'm plugging everything on my surge protector and nothing is plugged to my powerstrip except for the surge protector, i'm doing this so that it can extend to the socket on the wall. Is this dangerous? Will it overload? Will it cause a fire if there's a black out or destroy my pc?
Daisy Chaining Surge Protector with normal power strip
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Jwpanz
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- Apr 17, 2016
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A fire is highly unlikely in this situation as the breaker box would trip if a short were to be detected. The power strip and surge protector chain should be ok but consider a standard extension cord for the near future.
Your PC will be fine. Just keep the power strip empty with just the surge protector plugged into it.
Your PC will be fine. Just keep the power strip empty with just the surge protector plugged into it.
You can do that if the two power strips are reliable enough with high quality. The cable of a power strip should be thick enough and the plug has good connection. When connecting two power strips, don’t bundle the two cables together and check the temperature of insulated part of plug. If the temperature increases sharply, you’d better not connect them. If not, you can feel assured to do so. You can change a new surge protector with longer power cord.
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