[olug] [OT] Electricity at where?

Dave Rowe dave at roweware.com
Thu Jan 24 14:50:30 UTC 2013


Holy nit-pick battle Batman!

Maybe the other outlet is a switched outlet for a lamp?


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> 12 non wall-warted devices in power strips do not require daisy
> chaining. At least, not if your wall outlets have 2 outlets like every
> other general-purpose outlet I've seen. Ever.
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> >>> always a good idea to to check what your pulling before you plug that
> 12th
> >>> device into your 3 daisy chained powerstrips under the TV. :)
> >>
> >> 12 devices only requires 2 powersrtips.
> >
> > Not if you've got 6 outlets per strip, and the strips are daisy-chained
> > (as specified).  You get five devices, plus the plug for the next power
> > strip.  The number of devices supported by N power strips = 5N+1.
> >
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