Problems problems

[andrewducker]

I picked up some wireless headphones, so that I can play Guitar Hero loudly without annoying sleeping/working people.

The problem being that when I went to plug them in I discovered that already plugged into the sockets by the TV are:

TV
RAID server
Wii
XBox
DVD Player
Cable TV Box
Cable Network box
Wireless router
Amplifier
Subwoofer

and thus I am completely unable to plug anything new in without buying another power block.

Edit: Found another power block at the other end of the room - switched it over - and now have spare slots to plug things into.  Mwahahaha - the power!

Comments

[vereybowring.livejournal.com]

If small electrical fires are a possible worry you can buy small CO2 extinguishers at reasonable prices these days, just be careful when using as you don't want to knock yourself out.
Fire blankets are only really useful for fires within a container (pans, bins etc.) and for burning people.
Also and RCD on the socket would likely cut power if an electrical device went awry.

[andrewducker]

Both of the blocks that are plugged in there are "safe" ones that will cut off if there's a short, so I'm hopefully safe there.

[vereybowring.livejournal.com]

Not good enough really, even surge protection plugs don't help as much as people think, RCD is the only safe option.
They come in two varieties, ones that you plug into existing sockets or as replacements for the actual sockets.
http://www.greenbrook.co.uk/pb.htm

You learn quite a bit being a health and safety officer even in a hotel - when I was there we spent a fair bit installing RCD's all round the hotel to all the equipment that was designed to be high usage.

[andrewducker]

Cheers - I'll look into it!

[vereybowring.livejournal.com]

You can probably get them from B&Q or Homebase, even Argos perhaps but they are much more useful than normal surge protectors as they are far more sensitive and can be tripped loads of time without having to buy new since they have reset buttons.