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Safety tip - Power bars
contributed by Bradley Saint John of Meadow's Edge Farrier Service & Metal Products
of Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Did you know that your nine dollar Power Bar has the potential to start a fire
in your home or office?
Inexpensive power bars have a surge breaker that is bi-metal and work nicely for
circuit overload protection (using too much power). When the one metal heats to a
critical temperature faster than the other metal it causes the bi-metal to arc,
breaking the circuit.
The problem is however, with a low wattage draw over a period of time,
both metals heat slowly and uniformly not arcing one metal to break contact.
This will result in the inexpensive power bar to be self-igniting, causing a fire.
"Inexpensive power bars... self igniting... this is a common cause
of house fires..."
(from the Fire Marshal's inspection report on my boat fire).
My recommendation:
Throw away your inexpensive power bar or try and return it
and spend at least forty dollars on a proper surge protector. Plastic body is okay -
metal body is even better.
As I had no insurance, I lost a lot! If I had of only known...
Bradley Saint John
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