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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Besides putting too many devices on a single wall socket, that draw too much power, what is supposed to happen?

Like say I chain ten dividers and put a single vacuum cleaner at the end. Is that more dangerous than plugging it directly into the wall?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I think they may be speaking about a different kind of power divider, something to which the name probably fits better