Stephen Morris: >> My main concern with using a powerboard, because I don't have any >> choice, was using the homeplug device with other devices overloading the >> powerboard having had issues with a 2000W heater destroying powerboards, >> and having the electronic store that provided the powerboard tell me I >> should never plug the heater into the powerboard, that I should only >> ever plug it into the wall power socket as powerboards are not designed >> for that load. Rick Stevens: > Yeah, probably way too much juice to pump through the powerboard. 2000W > heaters draw, what, 11.8 amps at 120VAC (5.9A at 240VAC)--probably with > a pretty nasty power-on spike. That's quite a bit to be asking of a > circuit board and plastic. But how is that any different from the wall socket? Any powerboard that cannot handle the full load that could be plugged into a wall socket shouldn't be sold. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.16.2-201.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Sep 15 20:21:12 UTC 2014 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
