Tag Archives: AC Power Cords
Power Squids
Power Squids are awesome, as are the 3-way, T-shaped taps that will support three awkwardly-shaped power blocks with one outlet. Those are about a buck at a lumberyard. Having a device standard for block transformers would mean that people would … Continue reading
Poisonous Lead (Pb) in Electrical Power Cords
Filed Under: Hazardous Materials RoHS Consumer Protection Did you know that many household power cords contain lead (Pb), a highly poisonous substance? I was recently surprised to read the warning label on an extension cord I purchased. The adjacent image … Continue reading
Beware the dangers of daisy-chaining power cords
If you don’t want to run afoul of OHSA, nor start an office fire, you should read this bulletin from federal Office of Compliance on the dangers of linking together (i.e. “daisy-chaining”) Power Cords. Most powerstrips are approved for providing … Continue reading
Lesson Learned From Cheap Computer Power Cords
In my old Pentium 4 computer, I already experienced all kinds of problems in my hardware units from my hard disk getting unusable and files corrupted, to CD-ROM drive and RAM failing. However, just recently my external hard disk enclosure, … Continue reading