SYNTH ZONE
Visit The Bar For Casual Discussion
Topic Options
#158122 - 01/18/07 03:24 PM OT - Cheap power strips cause fires
SemiLiveMusic Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 08/28/04
Posts: 2206
Loc: Louisiana, USA
News channel just showed a piece about el cheapo power strips causing house fires. They are finding that these cheap power outlet strips, as cheap as $5 are poorly built and cannot handle several devices and they burst into flames. It said beware of any made in China or Taiwan, as they will put a fake UL sticker on there.

------------------
Bill
SmallGig.com
_________________________
~ ~ ~
Bill

Top
#158123 - 01/19/07 10:41 AM Re: OT - Cheap power strips cause fires
cwalkeralso Offline
Member

Registered: 10/22/05
Posts: 93
Loc: State of Washington, US
Not that your post needs any confirmation, but I have a friend who suffered a serious loss due to fire in a multi-story office building. She was part-owner of the building. Fire investigation traced the source of the fire to a cheap, foreign-made power strip to which some relatively expensive and "high-amperage drain" office equipment was connected.

Sometimes we can be very "penny wise and pound foolish."

Charles

Top

Moderator:  Admin, Diki, Kerry 



Help keep Synth Zone Online