Just A Reminder

[cabinetman]

With Christmas coming up, trees and homes are going to be decorated and lit up. We're all too smart to overload a circuit, but our friends may not be.

This don't look good:
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[ironhat]

Ya know, we may laugh at the sight of such a ludicrous outlet overload. So, be a friend and watch out for similar poor safety in your friend's connections. Good call cab.man!

PS. Have any of you guys actually seen anything like this?

[sparkeyjames]

Looks under computer desk. Yup.

[Uncle Cracker]

A single frayed cord can do more damage than 10 good ones.

[LCHIEN]

appearances can be deceiving.

I would not jump to that conclusion.

Looks bad, but that's not necessarily overloaded. You can't tell me by looking.
Sure its got a lot of plugs. Only one is a grounded three-wire, and its probably an extension cord.
But if I put a power strip on that outlet and plugged all 6 of those cords into the strip would you still tell me its overloaded?
It would look acceptable but you still could not tell me if it was overloaded.

Assume:
Clock - 10W
VCR -50W
DVD player - 50W
TV-100w
Xmas lights on the extension cord, 5 strings of 100 lights - 200W total
telephone & ans machine combo- 15W


Here we have a very ordinary home load, could be found in any home kitchen. totalling 325 watts.

A lot less than one BT3100 plugged in the garage on the same outlet with a shop vac. Which is overloaded, the kitchen outlet or the garage outlet?

[Jeffrey Schronce]

But if I put a power strip on that outlet and plugged all 6 of those cords into the strip would you still tell me its overloaded?

Exactly watt (lol) I was thinking. We have a good solid 15 or so plugs plugged into each other in sequence for those Dept 56 houses. I think those bulbs are 5w.

[Ed62]

While it may or may not be overloaded, the pic reminded me of "The Christmas Story".

Ed

[crokett]

While it may or may not be overloaded, the pic reminded me of "The Christmas Story".

Ed

Me too.

And I dunno about the overload. At the moment I have 3 strings of C-7 bulbs, 2 rope lights, and 120 of the miniature bulbs all on one outlet. They all do just fine.