CaptnSpaulding
Well-known Member
Hi all! Hoping to have some advice on electrical safety and prevention of overloading a socket!
We're moving my eldest boy into his own bedroom in our 3 bedroom private rented house. The problem we face is that there is only 1 2-gang wall socket in the bedroom.
He has a TV, PS4 and a PC and one of those homeplugs for internet. The way the room is laid out, the PC (on it's desk) would be right next to the wall socket but the TV and PS4 are on the other side of the room, roughly 3m away (around the walls/corners). I understand for the homeplugs to work, they have to be directly connected to the mains so that leaves 1 socket. I have a surge protector for the PC but getting a 3m surge protector to reach the TV. Now the dilemma - how do I have both surge protectors connected at the same time?
One way I thought was to get one of those 'multiway' blocks and plug both surge protectors into this. I'm just worried that it'll overload the socket! The other way was to try the homeplug into the surge protector to free up a socket but not sure if it'll have effect. Last resort would be having to use one surge protector at a time so he'd either use the PC or PS4 - not able to use both (his brother might want to use one of them too)
Am I being overly fussy? I never used to be bothered and had extensions on extensions but there have been two fatal fires in the surrounding area in the last year, both caused by socket overloading so got a bit worried especially with kids involved!
Thanks for any help!
We're moving my eldest boy into his own bedroom in our 3 bedroom private rented house. The problem we face is that there is only 1 2-gang wall socket in the bedroom.
He has a TV, PS4 and a PC and one of those homeplugs for internet. The way the room is laid out, the PC (on it's desk) would be right next to the wall socket but the TV and PS4 are on the other side of the room, roughly 3m away (around the walls/corners). I understand for the homeplugs to work, they have to be directly connected to the mains so that leaves 1 socket. I have a surge protector for the PC but getting a 3m surge protector to reach the TV. Now the dilemma - how do I have both surge protectors connected at the same time?
One way I thought was to get one of those 'multiway' blocks and plug both surge protectors into this. I'm just worried that it'll overload the socket! The other way was to try the homeplug into the surge protector to free up a socket but not sure if it'll have effect. Last resort would be having to use one surge protector at a time so he'd either use the PC or PS4 - not able to use both (his brother might want to use one of them too)
Am I being overly fussy? I never used to be bothered and had extensions on extensions but there have been two fatal fires in the surrounding area in the last year, both caused by socket overloading so got a bit worried especially with kids involved!
Thanks for any help!