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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I think you need a good one in case electricity gets inestable. What do you need to know buying one? Which one do you recommend?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Assuming you mean a power strip like this it doesn't really matter what you get. There's no way you'd overload the power strip unless you have a ton of crazy high-end stuff going on (fwiw my setup is a couple mini computers, a couple monitors, and a decent midrange desktop plugged into a single power strip and the whole thing never pulls more than a few amps).

If that is a potential concern, just make sure the one you get is rated for at least the amount of current you expect to pull. Many if not most off-the-shelf strips are rated for at least 10 or 12 amps, and that's almost always way more than enough.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just get any that can carry the current. Which will be any unless you have a super hungry setup. Dealing with instability is the job of the power supplies of the devices, not the cable.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Technically you’re SUPPOSED to use an uninterrupted power supply for important things like an expensive computer but I just go with brand name power strips. I like Anker so just use two of their power strips in the office for computer and monitors. I’ve had more issues historically with a UPS being bad than a power strip but it is safer to go with a UPS. I heard decent things about the CyberPower UPS units but power strips are fine for me.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

APC also has pretty good UPSs from what I've seen

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