Closest I could find (product 24285922 at Staples) says the USB ports are 2.1A. Don’t know if that’s each or combined. It would be nice if this important detail was not omitted.
I had one for many years but lost it at the last SCaLE 22x conference in Pasadena. Sooooo, I’m glad meh found it for me at a reasonable price …
/showme invincible-abstract-partridge
@phendrick Egg-zactly. I think it’s now obvious that the meh IRK bags are actually finely woven mesh antennas capable of monitoring our needs and wants and (sometimes) fulfilling them in ways we can’t imagine.
They may rotate but meh. Gimme power squids any day. Truly no worries about wall warts blocking anything and to an extent rotation is still not an issue. Never travel without one for all my odd hotel room outlet situations.
@caffeineguy I don’t get it. It’s rated for 120V at 15A. Are you saying you don’t believe the rating or that, as @Michaelforman commented, the UL marking is fake or maybe the brand is known for being poor quality?
@caffeineguy@ItalianScallion@Michaelforman Assuming non-defective construction, this would be an expected calculation based on standard 15A 120V outlet. As long as the metal plug elements and internal wiring are sufficient, it should be possible. Note that most high-current devices like heaters, portable A/C, appliances always say don’t use a cord or adapter of any kind – that’s a standard warning.
If this had a cord, then it’s likely the rating would be lower because most will use 16Ga cords which rate it lower.
I got a combo pack of one of these and one of the 5 outlet strips they have as the comparison from BJ’s wholesale club a while back. They’ve been great as they’ve moved around to different needs throughout my house. Just moved it this weekend to help handle my dual monitors and new standing desk.
Regarding the write-up, making a questionable meh purchase to mitigate the unexpected complications of your previous questionable meh purchase is a real old-lady-who-swallowed-the-fly situation.
The clamping voltage listed is 1200V, which seems quite high. Typically you’d see around 500V on most surge protectors, and the better ones are usually rated at 330V
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: 360 Electrical PowerCurve Mini 2-Outlet Rotating Surge
Model: 36053-WHT, 36053-BLK
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$38.99 (for 5-Outlet Version) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jul 14
This deal is not shocking.
/showme a repeater
That repeater seems to be getting arrested.
@haydesigner Or throwing up its arms in frustration about what it was asked to repeat.
@haydesigner @macromeh
Closest I could find (product 24285922 at Staples) says the USB ports are 2.1A. Don’t know if that’s each or combined. It would be nice if this important detail was not omitted.
Surge protectors are always good. A surge protecting strip cord is better though.
@AaronLeeJohnson I dunno - 306 joules isn’t a lot of surge suppression…
@slipperyp Good point.
The fake UL sticker almost lulls me into a false sense of security.
Why is it fake, @Michaelforman?
I had one for many years but lost it at the last SCaLE 22x conference in Pasadena. Sooooo, I’m glad meh found it for me at a reasonable price …
/showme invincible-abstract-partridge
@cfg83 They found the one you lost?
What are the odds?
@phendrick Egg-zactly. I think it’s now obvious that the meh IRK bags are actually finely woven mesh antennas capable of monitoring our needs and wants and (sometimes) fulfilling them in ways we can’t imagine.
/showme gremlin wearing a tinfoil hat
Direct price comparison (same SKU):
Was $36 (for 2) at Home Depot
Never enough of these things around.
/showme quarrelsome-eccentric-grade
Idk. These always feel like fire risks.
/image this is fine
@stinks in the corporate world, we call those fire opportunities
@jouest @stinks My boss liked to call them opportunities to excel.
Seems nice for travel!
/buy --color black
@sleuth It worked! Your order number is: thankful-realistic-sunflower
/showme thankful realistic sunflower
They may rotate but meh. Gimme power squids any day. Truly no worries about wall warts blocking anything and to an extent rotation is still not an issue. Never travel without one for all my odd hotel room outlet situations.
1800W? Anyone that plugs 1800W of loads into this thing would be crazy.
@caffeineguy I don’t get it. It’s rated for 120V at 15A. Are you saying you don’t believe the rating or that, as @Michaelforman commented, the UL marking is fake or maybe the brand is known for being poor quality?
@caffeineguy @ItalianScallion @Michaelforman Assuming non-defective construction, this would be an expected calculation based on standard 15A 120V outlet. As long as the metal plug elements and internal wiring are sufficient, it should be possible. Note that most high-current devices like heaters, portable A/C, appliances always say don’t use a cord or adapter of any kind – that’s a standard warning.
If this had a cord, then it’s likely the rating would be lower because most will use 16Ga cords which rate it lower.
I’m an unbeliever, the surge has probably never happened, nor ever will.
I got a combo pack of one of these and one of the 5 outlet strips they have as the comparison from BJ’s wholesale club a while back. They’ve been great as they’ve moved around to different needs throughout my house. Just moved it this weekend to help handle my dual monitors and new standing desk.
Regarding the write-up, making a questionable meh purchase to mitigate the unexpected complications of your previous questionable meh purchase is a real old-lady-who-swallowed-the-fly situation.
These’ll be great in between the rolling black outs to keep “AI” datacenters operational.
@DrunkCat How would these keep data centers operational between blackouts? Do you think data centers just get plugged into a regular outlet?
@yakkoTDI lol okay mr. “incorrect fact”. bot some more
I found an image of the back on Amazon:
The clamping voltage listed is 1200V, which seems quite high. Typically you’d see around 500V on most surge protectors, and the better ones are usually rated at 330V
@TcxvmeS oooh, $50k warranty! Hope I never have to try to collect any part of that!