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Old 15-11-2008, 08:52 PM
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Default How many extensions do you use?

Just wondering what the most extensions in one house would be before you blow something?
Hubby keeps saying we will blow a socket or a fuse.
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Old 15-11-2008, 08:56 PM
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As long as you got good extensions you can run loads as its to do with the amp's that your items use. If you pull loads of amps from one plug it will trip the system. We have 5 on the go
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Old 15-11-2008, 08:58 PM
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Using wilkos 4 adapters... i had 25 a long timego... small fire. no animals were hurt. learned a lesson. INVEST IN GOOD ONES!
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Old 15-11-2008, 09:09 PM
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Cool.
Off the top of my head i have 6 in the lounge, 2 in the kitchen, 4 in the master bedroom, 4 in the girls room, 2 in my sons room.
i have one that has two more coming off it ,one of which has another coming off that, Is that ok?
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providing they are plugged into seperate sockets and dont exceed the rating then there is no limit.
I have about 16 4 ways in 1 of my reptile rooms but each one is plugged into a seperate wall socket.
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whole reptile room is off one socket I think...I should probably work out how many amps that is...clearly less than 13 anyway... It's under 1000watts at peak anyway, which is about the same as a good spec computer + monitor. I think the biggest chain in the house is in there with about 4(one extension off another, off another, off another). The more extensions surely it just means more fuses in between the electrical items and the mains? The time to worry is when there's too much current.
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Old 15-11-2008, 10:11 PM
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If plugs and extensions are fused correctly then there is nothing to worry about.

We have 5 extensions at present.
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Old 15-11-2008, 10:14 PM
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in my reptile room (my bedroom) i have 2 6way extensions runnin, i got the good ones tho - they better be good, they cost a fortune considerin their just plugs
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Old 15-11-2008, 10:25 PM
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I have two extenstion leads but only because one of my vivs is too far away from the socket, other wise it would be a double plug for that one.

The second extention leads has 5 plugs off it. Two double stats, one light box terminal, one UV and a heatmat.

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