Phuket Information Technology Blog » power bar http://www.phuket-data-wizards.com/blog Thailand Data Recovery News, Phuket IT, Wired and Wireless Networks and other computer stuff Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:24:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cheap power extenders as a fire hazard http://www.phuket-data-wizards.com/blog/2009/02/17/cheap-power-extenders-as-a-fire-hazard/ http://www.phuket-data-wizards.com/blog/2009/02/17/cheap-power-extenders-as-a-fire-hazard/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:18:57 +0000 admin http://www.phuket-data-wizards.com/blog/?p=49 We see this hair-raising sights in many, many offices in Phuket. While buying expensive computer equipment, many people forget to take care about small simple things like the proper power connectors. Most of the power extender bars sold in Phuket are actually a real fire hazard. Their brass contacts are very weak and do not have enough spring action to hold the power adapters tightly. In many cases they are sparking with the slight movements of the cables. They are often located in dusty places behind the desks or cabinets; dust can be easily ignited by the spark.

People having this kind of connections at home or office are also usually suffering from constant equipment failures. Do I need to mention what most modems, routers or access points on the island are not connected to the UPS units, while they supposed to be? It’s difficult to find the proper connectors sometimes, especially for APC UPSes, but it must be done if you want your equipment to last…

Danger:

Power adapter in a cheap power extender
Power adapter hanging from the wall

Proper way:

Power adapter plugged in the proper way

The only power bars we found on Phuket what have good enough contacts are WonPro power bars sold in Home Pro:
WonPro power bar

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