Three-Way Adaptor Proves 6 + 3 = 7
Here’s a typical plug strip with six receptacles. But try using three-way adapter to add two extra outlets for a total of eight and what do you get? Only one extra outlet. Definitely designed by monkeys!
14 Comments
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December 03, 2008
People shouldn’t be using addaptors in adaptors in adaptors etc….. Perfect conditions for overloading and causing a fire.
It could have been designed by a clever monkey who took this in to account!!!! -
December 03, 2008
This was definitely designed for use in a single wall socket, where it would be perfect for the job. It actually surprises me to see this here, I’m sure that anyone looking at this with some knowledge of safety in the home knows you don’t plug adaptors into adaptors.
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December 03, 2008
Perhaps you can start a new section called “Used by Monkeys”
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December 03, 2008
I guess this is a US device? Not sure how US electrics work but in the UK every plug carries a fuse, so it does not matter how many adaptors you nest together, you cannot overload the system – you just blow the fuse. My front room has at least 3 levels of 4 way extension leads plugged into each other.
What is annoying in UK are the power supplies with built-in pins with a body wider than a standard plug which therefore takes up two or three socket positions. Designers, if you cannot keep it to the plug width, fit a short cable and a real plug. -
December 03, 2008
Leaving aside the safety issue mentioned, if you want the maximum of two extra outlets, plug the three way adaptor into the wall, then the socket strip into that!
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December 03, 2008
Just be grateful it was not designed with the pins rotated 90 degrees relative to the sockets so the 3 way strip was at right angles to the 8 way strip. Then possibly 24 outlets could be obtained using eight 3 way units.
The UK system is so much better…… -
December 03, 2008
Designed by Monkeys? Very strange to see this design here.
What do Electronics Weekly suggest? Making the plug strip 4 times longer so that you can plug in 6 adaptors?! Maybe then there’ll be complaints that you can’t plug 3 adaptors into each adaptor?! Come on! -
December 03, 2008
If you MUST daisy chain sockets, and assuming you are staying within safety regulations, then the ‘field’ solution would be to plug another 6 way strip into the first one, giving you 11 sockets…..
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December 04, 2008
The problem with most of these plug boards is that plugging in a phone charger or a computer peripheral power supply also covers extra outlets – sometimes two other outlets. However, I agree that no one should plug an adapter into one.
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December 04, 2008
The bigger problem with this type of the adapter is how close each socket is to the next, If you plug in dc power adapters (chargers) you can quickly use up all sockets with three chargers. BTW: US circuits are usually protected by a circuit breaker at the service entrance, the outlet strip is unfused – this can be a problem if the users connects too many loads.
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December 08, 2008
Also along the same lines as the other comments…why add a multi-way adapter to a socket board? Thats the monkey idea, not the spacing
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December 10, 2008
I think US electrics are “shocking” any way. lower voltage, higher current to get a decent power. un fused appliances. plugs fall out of the sockets really easily.
The whole plug system is designd by monkeys!
Uk plugs/sockets are by far the best in the world.
Only down side is the hurt like hell if you step on one with no shoes on!! -
December 01, 2010
In the UK, we may have fuses in every plug so we only blow the one fuse but we still shouldn’t plug extensions into extensions. The amps drawn along the cable of the extension lead is probably fine, nice modern cables. You would probably be ok in a modern rewired house but get in an older installation you could be on a single cable back to the fuse box or not on a good ring main and the amps melt the cable, blow the fuse and start the fire!!!!
This is ONE of the many health and safety reasons why we don’t recommend plugging extension leads into extension leads. We all do it though!
For an article feature how about send in your photos of the Christmas Trees of Extension leads we will surely have for the christmas lights!!! -
December 02, 2010
Excellent idea about the extension leads, Simon – a photo gallery of rogue offenders, maybe – but it may encourage bad practice (!)
