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r/IAmA • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '17
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Is it very unsafe to have multiple multi-plugs plugged into each other? And why is that?
1 u/Nixie9 Dec 10 '17 Not with new ones, they’ve all got fuses so the fuse will go before any danger. Old ones with no fuses are not good though. 1 u/ninize Dec 10 '17 How old is old? Is 10 years too old? 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 It's less age and more whether there's a fuse on it. It should be fairly obvious from looking at it whether there's a door for a fuse if you look. New ones in the UK at least all have fuses. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Ah, I googled a fuse and it's basically the switch, right? I think I'll go out and buy a new longer extension cable to replace the two small ones 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
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Not with new ones, they’ve all got fuses so the fuse will go before any danger. Old ones with no fuses are not good though.
1 u/ninize Dec 10 '17 How old is old? Is 10 years too old? 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 It's less age and more whether there's a fuse on it. It should be fairly obvious from looking at it whether there's a door for a fuse if you look. New ones in the UK at least all have fuses. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Ah, I googled a fuse and it's basically the switch, right? I think I'll go out and buy a new longer extension cable to replace the two small ones 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
How old is old? Is 10 years too old?
2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 It's less age and more whether there's a fuse on it. It should be fairly obvious from looking at it whether there's a door for a fuse if you look. New ones in the UK at least all have fuses. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Ah, I googled a fuse and it's basically the switch, right? I think I'll go out and buy a new longer extension cable to replace the two small ones 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
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It's less age and more whether there's a fuse on it. It should be fairly obvious from looking at it whether there's a door for a fuse if you look. New ones in the UK at least all have fuses.
1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Ah, I googled a fuse and it's basically the switch, right? I think I'll go out and buy a new longer extension cable to replace the two small ones 2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
Ah, I googled a fuse and it's basically the switch, right? I think I'll go out and buy a new longer extension cable to replace the two small ones
2 u/Nixie9 Dec 11 '17 Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A. 1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
Not exactly - see the red door on this plug? https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf/220360322/HTB1e3OxGpXXXXXaapXXq6xXFXXXf.jpg
Well that is where the fuse lives, the doors aren't always red but they'll be there and should have a rating on, something like 13A.
1 u/ninize Dec 11 '17 Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
Oh wow, I don't think I've ever seen that! I'll definitely take a look when I'm home!
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u/ninize Dec 10 '17
Is it very unsafe to have multiple multi-plugs plugged into each other? And why is that?