Uncle Peter wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Tim Streater wrote
Uncle Peter wrote

Most people just buy a 6 way strip to sit behind the TV. TV, DVD, etc
use nothing like 13 amps.

I just had the sparks add four double-sockets behind where the TV etc
sit.

More fool you.

Then I got rid of the 6 way strip and the adapter. Much tidier.

Much tidier to have the strip inside whatever the
electronics is in and a single lead to the wall socket.

In spades with the computer, its got 3 16 way strips.

What in god's name have you got plugged in there?

Everything that's involved with the computers and some
other ancillary stuff like the desk lamp etc as well.

I've got two monitors,

I've got 4.

two printers,

Ditto.

a computer,

I've got 3 there.

an amplifier,

Yep.

a telephone,

I've got two of those, one for the Pots line and
one for the voip line and one for the voip ATA.

and a portable hard disk for backup.

I have a decent scanner, countless chargers for all
sorts of things like the cordless mice and 3 mobile
phones, chargers for 4 laptops, charger for the
bluetooth headset, audio mixer that allows me
to have all the audios combined into the amp,
desk lamp, used sockets that I plug a foreign
system into when working on it, couple of hard
drive docking stations, 3 external 2TB hard drives,
power for the mast head amp that feeds the
antenna for the PVR, couple of chargers for
NiMH batterys etc etc etc.

I obviously use a couple of sockets for the other
two plug boards as well.

That's 8 altogether, not 48.

Sure, some of mine are unused, but I do need more than 32.

Only one going to the socket though,

Me too.

it's all on a 1kW UPS.

I don't bother with one of those. I don't
normally get even one mains failure a year.

I'm going to connect the UPS back into the CU to run the lighting soon, in
an effort to increase the LED lamp life.

Its unlikely to do that.

Also it means any powercuts will not darken the house (although that's
rare).

I've got a couple of rechargeable torches
that are plugged into a mains socket all
the time and which come on auto on a
mains failure.