Greetings,

Assuming you are using a standard 15 amp breaker:
Using a different outlet probably won't help unless the plug is on a
different circuit (breaker). If the breaker does not trip, you are not
using more amps than the breaker allows. Breakers are sized to avoid
dangerous overload conditions. Unless your house is miswired, you are not
in danger of causing a fire.*

Hope this helps,
William

*computer equipment can be affected by excessive voltage drop.


"Chris" wrote in message
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Hey everyone,
Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place. My home is around 80
years old and the wiring has been updated. I use one of the upstairs
bedrooms as my office and have my computer, a television, a phone,
speakers and couple of misc items plugged into a decent Monster-brand
surge protector. I recently added a nice laser printer to the mix and
had to plug it into the same wall outlet that the surge protector is
in. When I did this, I noticed that the overhead room light starts to
slightly flicker in cycles. So far, it hasn't tripped the breaker, but
am I putting to much of a load on it? I don't want anything to catch
fire. Could the problem be remedied plugging it into a different
outlet in the same room? Not much of an electrician myself so any help
/ advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!!