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Electrical Safety First Warning.

Don't overload sockets and extension leads.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8174165/People-working-home-told-pay-extra-attention-electrical-safety.html


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  • Simon Barker:

    So I shouldn't be plugging my oil-filled radiator into an extension lead, which is plugged into a 3-way multi-plug?  Unfortunately, my new "office" (dining room) only has one double socket to power everything.


    In my defence, it's only a little radiator, 1.2kW maximum, and the only other things on that socket are a laptop, monitor and a few lights.


    But if you want to see proper daisy-chaining, there's my home computer desk that I'm sitting at now.  But there's no heaters there.  Just computer kit.  And more lights.



    By my simplified guide for NON TECHNICAL persons, no you should not use an electric heater from any form of extension lead or multiway adapter.

    However you no doubt have the technical knowledges to decide that a single 1.2 Kw heater together with other low loading appliances will be fine.


    For NON TECHNICAL persons it is simpler and safer to say "no heaters" rather than "small heaters only"
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  • Simon Barker:

    So I shouldn't be plugging my oil-filled radiator into an extension lead, which is plugged into a 3-way multi-plug?  Unfortunately, my new "office" (dining room) only has one double socket to power everything.


    In my defence, it's only a little radiator, 1.2kW maximum, and the only other things on that socket are a laptop, monitor and a few lights.


    But if you want to see proper daisy-chaining, there's my home computer desk that I'm sitting at now.  But there's no heaters there.  Just computer kit.  And more lights.



    By my simplified guide for NON TECHNICAL persons, no you should not use an electric heater from any form of extension lead or multiway adapter.

    However you no doubt have the technical knowledges to decide that a single 1.2 Kw heater together with other low loading appliances will be fine.


    For NON TECHNICAL persons it is simpler and safer to say "no heaters" rather than "small heaters only"
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