It has a 13A fused plug so the total load on your wiring is still only 13A!

thats an American story about a product recall and about a fault during production, its got nothing to do with it failing to protect a surge, it isn't up to UK electrical standards

these are CE-/FCC-/RoHS-Certified for safety. have flame retardant housing，100% copper wire and overload protection,

they also have 50 nanosecond overload protection which covers direct to your house wiring lightning strikes.

so unless you can link me to one story of a UK surge protector failing and causing damage then its just hearsay.

Also read that full story, those surge protectors were produced in 1993 and the house fire was in 2011, that surge protector was almost 20 years old, and it doesn't say what it was plugged into, could of been used to power the utility room, with Washing Machines, Tumble Dryers, Irons, Heaters etc..

​look at the sticker on your TV it will tell you how many watts it uses, my 32" uses 42watts my 21" uses27 watts, this extension takes roughly 3000 watts. so ten of my TVs would only use 420 watts. however if you plugged a kettle, 2200watts and fan heater, 2000watts the fuse would blow.

I bought 1 of these a few months back and so far so good.

Thanks OP, back of my AV unit is right state so bought 2 to sort it all out.

Ordered, thanks.

10 sockets... into 1?
Better hope your wiring is upto scratch!

In simple terms does it mean that it is OK to use these, and if they are overloaded the 13A fuse should blow?

Paul does that mean you couldnt run 3 big appliances off it eg TV Computer and sky box(i knew i should have paid more attention to physics at school )

I don't trust CPC at all.
Bought 20 solar lights for the garden less than a year back and only 2 are still working.

I have one of these i run a tv, pc,ps4,youview,skybox,router,android rv box and a roku of it with no problem at all.
Only problem i get is when the wires get tangled up but thats my own fault for having so many devices lol.

got 3 last month and they're excellent, fast delivery as well, never used cpc before but always ordering from them now.

​as already said by paultheo if you put too many powerful appliance's in it the fuse in the plug will blow, as a rough guide things which produce a lot of heat use a lot of power, eg dryer, kettle, toaster, heater, microwave,

​look at the sticker on your TV it will tell you how many watts it uses, my 32" uses 42watts my 21" uses27 watts, this extension takes roughly 3000 watts. so ten of my TVs would only use 420 watts. however if you plugged a kettle, 2200watts and fan heater, 2000watts the fuse would blow.

Got a few of these for the house a few months ago, decent quality for the price and they're still going strong.

"Hopefully" the fuse would blow if you overloaded it.

Unfortunately i have seen for myself what cheap multiplugs can do... and rewiring your house won't be cheap. Not to mention fire hazards (genuine concern) and just generally frying your appliances.

As people have mentioned if you are thinking of buying one of these then be aware of what you are plugging into it. Me personally I will not use any multiplug that doesn't offer at least enough insurance to rebuild your and your neighbours' houses should something catastrophic happen, abit much i know but then again i have alot of expensive computer\AV gear and have had all my mains upgraded to cope.

I don't mean to scaremonger, i'm not a sparky, bit an I.T guy so when i see people daisychaining these things together it makes me wanna cry.

Be smart is all i'm saying.

Its abit basic but heres a link to socket calculator for anyone interested, its by no means definitive (you should be checking for yourself) but might help someone unsure if this is upto the job they require it for:

http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/overloading-sockets/

Are there any with individual switches?

I currently (no pun intended) have an older & quite powerful av receiver, a subwoofer, ps4, wiiu, gaming pc, htpc, tv, telephone, harmony charger & sky/cable box plugged into one extension (not daisy chained), it's never blown the fuse.

Grabbed this one cos it was meant to be a stop gap for a surge protected one & this thread reminded me I'd never gotten round to swapping it out. Have to clear some time in my schedule to swap it all out, & replace a few older cat5 cables that the little clippy bit has broken on at the same time. Got my ps4 running wirelessly at the moment & despite it being a foot from the bloody expensive router it's way more unreliable than wired!

Untangling these wires is not gonna be fun!

How heavy is this? I'm looking for something i can wall mount with sticky backed Velcro ideally given the lack of space i have

"Please note that orders under £5 ex VAT will incur a small order handling charge of £2.50 ex VAT. "

Order Total
Goods Subtotal: £4.95
Basic Delivery: £0.00
Handling Charge: £2.50
VAT: £1.49
Total: £8.94

And that's how you lose a sale CPC...
 
Update: I missed OP mentioned to add 5p resistor to order. [leaves quietly]

You're absolutely spot on. The total power draw is what matters here. I've got a similar extension near my AV cabinet with 9 devices plugged into it including a widescreen TV, AV receiver, various Android boxes, 2 games consoles etc and even if everything were switched on at the same time - next to impossible really - the total draw would be under 1000W. At any given time, the total draw is closer to 200-300W, realistically speaking.

On the other hand, if you have an electric oven, electric hob, hair dryer, vacuum, microwave, electric radiator etc all plugged into this and a few of these devices switched on at the same time, well..........

You're right - this should be expired (NOT edited, as the heat given was for £5.94)

I stand corrected, didn't see OPs blurb about adding a resistor

I did this from a smartphone, im sure people can let me off 5p

http://cpc.farnell.com/multicomp/uf4007/diode-fast-1a-1000v/dp/SC11382

and I was reading from a smartphone :wink:

heated

Everyone needs to stop worrying, if your using thus on a AV setup you will no where near reach max capacity even if you get a new PS4 Pro :smile:

but seriously, the surge protection will be to recommended UK standards and thats all that matters, now if someone wants to show me a news story of a house being set on fire because of a surge protector failing?

...and I have no excuse :wink:

Your link in the description has a bracket at the end so isn't working — you might wanna fix that

Thanks, i've updated

Honestly?

This?

http://www.cnbc.com/2013/10/08/recall-surge-protectors-could-cause-fire.html

If you wanna add something useful to get the free delivery, this superglue is a good deal too:
http://cpc.farnell.com/everbuild/s2gel3/all-purpose-superglue-3g/dp/SA02072/

yeah thats my main worry, is the stand very wide? I'm moving some things around so if its compact I might be able to just leave it in that?

The Stand is optional, the main extension bit is just a thin rectangle of plug sockets that sits in the stand, but you dont have / need to use the stand

You shouldn't daisy chain multi-gangs anyway... but if you say ran a 1gang extension from one of the multi-gang it wouldn't be a big deal as long as it's not high wattage. For example, I run a 1 gang 5 metre extension to near my bedside for using my USB charger, which is upto 3 Amps @5v/9v I believe, depending on what's plugged into it.

On one of these, I have a computer (app 150W full load)/monitor (45)/SATA dock (6-:sunglasses:/server (250w/350 full)/5.25bay Blu-ray caddy(40w?)/printer (<1/60w working ?)... most of the time it's only the PC actually running, and sometimes the server and docking station. Not gonna put too much load on at all.

IMO these are for people that have a lot of smaller items to use at the same time, but even if you have a 4k TV/blu-ray player/router/NAS/PS4/AV system all running at the same time it wouldn't be a problem, I have that exact setup on another multi-gang and have been running it for years without problems... AFAIK it's peak load you have to think about.

Anyway, these are great value and come in the mail quickly.. only thing I don't like about them is the directionality of the plugs as both sides face the same direction which makes it awkward for leads IMO.

Yeah I understand that, just think it looks neater in the stand than without it if the velcro idea is a no go :stuck_out_tongue:

amazing, if i combine it with this http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/40w-5-port-usb-charger-with-1x-qualcomm-quick-charge-3-0-port-9-99-aldi-instore-2509646 I can charge 50 hoverboards simultaneously! Thanks OP

because I always leave a hoover plugged in and running 24 hours a day :smiley:

Bought 2, hella handy

Just to ask, would one be ok for an Xbox S, my PC, monitor and a controller charger?

They seem pretty low usage compared to heaters, washing machines, kettles, etc... just wanted to check

Ty OP

thats an American story about a product recall and about a fault during production, its got nothing to do with it failing to protect a surge, it isn't up to UK electrical standards

these are CE-/FCC-/RoHS-Certified for safety. have flame retardant housing，100% copper wire and overload protection,

they also have 50 nanosecond overload protection which covers direct to your house wiring lightning strikes.

so unless you can link me to one story of a UK surge protector failing and causing damage then its just hearsay.

Also read that full story, those surge protectors were produced in 1993 and the house fire was in 2011, that surge protector was almost 20 years old, and it doesn't say what it was plugged into, could of been used to power the utility room, with Washing Machines, Tumble Dryers, Irons, Heaters etc..

ordered

Goods Subtotal: £4.95
Basic Delivery: £0.00
Handling Charge: £2.50
VAT: £1.49
Total: £8.94

How could you get it for £6.00

add a 5p resistor

Great deal and price thanks

Hi all,

We have sold out of this now, please could we expire this .

Thanks :smiley:

I bought oneof these last year andnow have it at the back of my TV with all my AV equipment plugged into it. That is TV, TV box, FreeView box, Amplifier, sub woofer, Virgin box and CD player. Not all of the equipment is switched on all of the time, and I've had no problems like blown fuses or fires.

I can't attest to seeing this happen myself but theoretically its obviously possible, and, someone may correct me here, but theres absolutely no way to 100% protect against lightning. I own various UPS'es that make such claims (with caveats) but logic dictates that if the bolt has travelled so far as to hit your house directly (or closeby) then theres more than enough energy there to jump the small gaps it would need to in order to blow your equiptment. Even if you had something that could take out 99.99% of the sting the 0.01% would still be enough to kill your gear. AFAIK the only effective way of avoiding this is to unplug?

Again i'm no sparky but it seems to make sense to me.

This was quite a big problem a few years ago when we were all using PSTN based modems, even when the line was going through surge protection, it would take out the DEM, leaving the MO intact.

Anyway as interesting as this convo could get its now offically the weekend so the only question i want answering is "Who's round is it?" :smiley:

Ordered 2! Thanks OP

Ordered. Thanks and remember to put the resister in. lol

My order just got cancelled :disappointed:
Hello

 

Thank you for your order. Apologies but the item you have ordered is no longer stocked. We will cancel this order for you. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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​Over 2100 I stock when I ordered seems a misprice...

thanks ordered 2

Thanks, ordered 2 coming to £11.88 :smiley:

OOS your order will most likely be cancelled. Good job I ordered this morning.

Nice. Just got a 14 gang one with 2 usbs however from Amazon. And a surge plug to plug it into :smiley:

Yes

OOS got email after placing an order to say my order had been cancelled

?
Only if you have a Time Machine?, lol. :-)

The black ones are "Availability: No Longer Stocked"

White still available but cost more: http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/2710surgeblk/extension-tower-10g-black/dp/PL1050202

3000 plus of these, different model code and little bit dearer, much and such this same?

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/2810n-2mb/extension-tower-10-gang-neon-black/dp/PL14983

Back in stock

Yup, they're back in stock. Please unexpire.

Those 5p diodes are still out of stock though :wink:

Got mine today, the extension that is (and the diode!). Say's it's the 2810 model (rather than the 2710 in the title).

Edit: There are other cheap diodes though. There's another 5p one here (14 left) and if they run out there's a greater quantity of 6p ones here.

needs individual switcchhesssss

nice find

If my memory of old school physics serves me correctly, then P = V x I, which is P = 240V x 13A, P = 3120W maximum can be plugged in.
However the voltage can fluctuate up and down to square root of 2 , so best to make the total appliances plugged in wattage is less than 3120 W.

Also don't use cheap plugs with tiny screws that get hot , use MK plugs.
The usefulness of the Ops deal is you can plug up to 10 appliances in without having to physically unplug and plug in all the time , you are not supposed to have all the units on !