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w_tom

wrote:
The obvious point, apparent in the above, is how you keep focusing on
"suppressor" power strips. As if endlessly daisy chaining
non-suppressor power strips and plugging in more extension cords
doesn't present safety issues. Or, for that matter, just using those
little cube taps to plug 20 extension cords into one outlet.

Despite a confused post from trader4, daisy chaining of power strips
and extension cords has again been at the heart of a deadly fi
Friday December 29, 2006 8:01 PM
By KATHY MATHESON
Associated Press Writer
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An extension cord overloaded with
Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept
through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people
and injuring several others, officials said.

The holiday decorations had been plugged into a power strip
joined to an extension cord, said Allentown Fire Capt. Robert
Scheirer.