Power strip that doesn't burn out

[Hal65]

I have a 1,300 watt air fryer which has been hard on my power strips. I have to replace one every month (for 3 months now) as it can't sustainably power my appliance. Annoying but I deal with it.

 

I'd like to set this up right though. No fixing the outlets or anything complicated as I live in an apartment. Do surge protectors have more robust hardware or would it just be a costly version of what I'm using now?

[worgeordie]

You should plug the air fryer into a wall socket, as you have found out

several times,a power strip is not good enough.

regards worgeordie

[Hal65]

I posted about this on a different electrical forum and it was confirmed that the strip is potentially acting as a protector for the wall socket. Problems would be much more severe if I burned that out.

[Crossy]

If at all possible re-arrange your kitchen so you don't need the extension.

 

Good quality power strips are available, but it's a lottery finding one. Certainly go for one which does NOT have the "anything fits" sockets, the contact area is very small and can overheat very quickly.

 

 

I have a couple of decent ones made by Wonpro, but nothing over a few hundred watts gets to use them.

 

There's nothing to stop you making a lead, decent traily outlets, cable and plugs are readily available.

 

 

[sometimewoodworker]

On 8/6/2018 at 5:15 AM, Crossy said:

If at all possible re-arrange your kitchen so you don't need the extension.

 

Good quality power strips are available, but it's a lottery finding one. Certainly go for one which does NOT have the "anything fits" sockets, the contact area is very small and can overheat very quickly.

 

 

I have a couple of decent ones made by Wonpro, but nothing over a few hundred watts gets to use them.

 

There's nothing to stop you making a lead, decent traily outlets, cable and plugs are readily available.

 

 

The home made version is the best way to go for higher powered extensions. I have a couple using the exact socket showing above and they could run 3 of your air fryers without breaking a sweat.

[KhunBENQ]

The type of extensions like shown in the last picture (from the DIY thread) are available ready made in certain hardware stores.

I sometimes see such stuff.

I did my own long ago.

 

Make sure to check that is a 3-wire and 1.5 mm²

 

[Crossy]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Make sure to check that is a 3-wire and 1.5 mm²

That's the kicker when you buy pre-made.

 

I just bought a 100m roll of 1.5mm² flex and a box of plugs and traily outlets.

 

My "good" leads have a tendency to wander (and I don't begrudge anyone "liberating" a safe lead), I just make another when I need one.

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

FWIW the best power strips that I've found in Thailand are from Germany Rack (from the name you can guess they're designed for networking equipment). They're solidly built, the steel case is grounded, they come in various lengths/number of sockets, and the cable is substantial. See here: https://www.advice.co.th/product/rack/rack-accessories/รางไฟชนิด-6-outlet-germany-g7-00006-

[Crossy]

1 hour ago, NilSS said:

FWIW the best power strips that I've found in Thailand are from Germany Rack

Looks good if a bit "industrial", I expect there's a price to match ?

 

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

Actually I find the price very reasonable considering the build quality, around the same price you'd pay for a really good consumer branded power strip. I can't remember how much I paid but I have a couple of them screwed to my office desk to prevent them 'going for a walk'. . .

 

 

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

 

I was just looking around for prices and the 6 outlet appears to be around the 1000 Baht mark. . . but what has piqued my interest is the sexy looking 20 outlet model! I might have to treat myself. . .

http://www.sysnetcenter.com/rack-acessories/1590-6-outlet-g7-00006-ac-power-distribution-6-universal-outlet-wcable-3m-surge-protection.html

 

[sometimewoodworker]

3 hours ago, NilSS said:

 

I was just looking around for prices and the 6 outlet appears to be around the 1000 Baht mark. . . but what has piqued my interest is the sexy looking 20 outlet model! I might have to treat myself. . .

http://www.sysnetcenter.com/rack-acessories/1590-6-outlet-g7-00006-ac-power-distribution-6-universal-outlet-wcable-3m-surge-protection.html

 

At 2,600 Baht, Ouch

?

 

for quite a bit less, and of course not so pretty this one works for me on a 3x2.5mm lead