I have an eight-plug and a six-plug surge protector strip plugged into two grounded outlets, and they're pretty full. The items plugged in include my desktop computer and monitor, the Wi-Fi router, a security camera system base unit, my printer, a battery charger, and a couple of other things. I've never had any problems with surges, blown breakers, etc.

I just bought a GE 10-outlet surge protector that appears to have a pretty good voltage protection rating (L-N 330 V, L-G 400V, N-G 400V).

I'd like to use both the eight-outlet protector and the 10-outlet protector in the same two-plug wall outlet. Is that taking too big a risk?

Well, you could look at your household breaker panel, see how many amps the wall outlet is rated for, look up the tech specs of everything you intend to attach and do the math.

For example, my wall outlet breakers are rated 20amps on my 200amp breaker panel. 15amps for most circuits may be more common though. You'd just have to check and see what you have.

You'll probably find you're okay with two surge protectors on the same wall outlet so long as with the stuff you mentioned, you don't add a big CRT, definitely not a space heater, a bunch of vacuums or a table saw.

But someone with more practical electrical experience than myself will be along ... I hope.

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GE 10-outlet surge protector

Sorry you wasted your money. I hate power-strip surge protectors. I'm suspicious of how effective they really protect anything. Also I hate those $1 Chinese made "MOV" parts inside used for the surge protection -- they don't age well.

I also hate it when those $1 parts catch fire. I've seen enough MOV's burnt up in my life to hate those things. Google "MOV fires" to see what I'm talking about. Amazing this happens even when they are UL rated, but it happens.

The only plug in surge protector I would even consider are the Zero Surge Models. The rest are pure imported shit.

Consider all-home surge protection if you are really worried about it.

Additional reading: https://cob.org/services/safet...ty/surge-suppressors

You are better off counting on a whole home surge protector.

Lawrence Livermore Lab uses Tripp Lite a lot and so do I.

https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-L...7&tag=thewire06oa-20

Im no expert and I tend to not be a "sky is falling" type.
I'd say plug em up. Nothing pulls enough to cause breakers to go off. Voltage drop would be my concern with pc's. They just don't work right imo.

In the case of lightning aka serge..some strips have a insurance guaranty.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
You are better off counting on a whole home surge protector.

This, IMO, is the best answer.

Plus I'd never plug computer gear directly into mains outlets, anyway. All my computer and network gear gets a UPS.

The newer technology may outdate this, but I always considered surge protection was OK, but current run through a battery was better. Surge protection won’t be fast enough to catch the really lethal spikes that can occur. A battery backup will filter better than a surge protector. Yes, they’re more expensive, but they do the job.

For the last 10 years or so we have been installing whole house surge suppressors in each of the electrical panels in each home we built.

Almost everything from Microwaves, to fridges, tv’s etc are sensitive to electrical surges so it makes sense to suppress the spikes before it comes into your home.


https://new.siemens.com/us/en/...ection-breakers.html

I once saw someone with 18 things plugged into one outlet. lol A surge protectors, with two more daisy chained off of those. Luckily the majority of the things were low draw items, but even still I was shocked to see the breaker hadn't blown.

(though they were old Federal Pacific breakers that usually took about twice what they should have to trip)

Are you looking for 'surge protection' or more outlets?

You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6.

What is a reasonable amount to have an electrician come to the home and install? I do not do my own electrical work for many reasons, so do not tell me how easy it is. Thanks