Fire Hazard Discussion

I dont know how many of you run a bunch of electronic devices @ a time but take a minute to post how many you have off of one plug... or 2...

In my Room

Off of 1 plug (1/2 of an outlet)

RCA 27 in. TruFlat TV
Emachines Desktop
Monitor
Scanner
Printer
Cell Phone, iPod, and other electronics charging
AIWA 200w Stereo System
Guitar Amp
Playstation 2
Sega Dreamcast
Speakers for the computer

Most of these are running simultaniously.... How about you?

oh man.. thats just idiotic.. \

[quotebf36ceb39c="liquidskin"]oh man.. thats just idiotic.. \[/quotebf36ceb39c]

well i basicly have to cause its the only plug on the wall and i dont want to have to run an extension across the room + I've never blone a fuse and i dont live in that new of a house either....

im not an electrician or anything.. it just sounds really unsafe to me.

I've got a 12 port surge protector filled with all sorts of gadgets (all plugs filled), and I think most of them have been running constantly for the past 72 hours; and I've never had any problem.

24/7, all on the same outlet
[list28c3f47743]
[li28c3f47743]dell p2 450
[li28c3f47743]speakers/subwoofer
[li28c3f47743]17" lcd
[li28c3f47743]dell p4 3.0HT
[li28c3f47743]mac mini
[li28c3f47743]four external usb2.0 hard disks (two power supplies)
[li28c3f47743]external usb2.0 dvd drive
[li28c3f47743]HP inkjet printer
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occasionally, ipod and laptop charger, too. )

why the heck do you have two systems plugged in? PICK ONE!

[quoteae450eda35="xXHasek99"]why the heck do you have two systems plugged in? PICK ONE![/quoteae450eda35]

cause he likes the "shuffle" feature

I've got 3 systems, 2 laptops and my development machine plugged in.

[quote40f6c40d47="goofygarber"]I've got 3 systems, 2 laptops and my development machine plugged in.[/quote40f6c40d47]

i bet you also have 2 flashipods4free.com accounts!

if you read that carefully you'd have seen that i actually have THREE systems plugged in )

one is my main box, the other is linux for services, development, teaching myself stuff, etc. the mac mini is for when people want to use my stuff. the linux box is headless, the mac and the pc share input devices via a kvm

[quote4337b71aad="xXHasek99"][quote4337b71aad="goofygarber"]I've got 3 systems, 2 laptops and my development machine plugged in.[/quote4337b71aad]

i bet you also have 2 flashipods4free.com accounts![/quote4337b71aad]

lol thats what IE + Firefox are for P

jk

you have an emachine in your house = instant fire hazard

I have on one outlet [list8d3d8588ca]My custom built P4 PC
17 CRT monitor
PII Dell Laptop
5.8GHz cordless phone
cell phone charger
ipod charger
Altec Lansing 2.1 Speakers
2 desk lamps
and a Battery Charger[/listu8d3d8588ca]

Printer
Speakers
Computer
Screen
Phone
External HD

[quotedfda9ae9ed="JOSHBOX"]you have an emachine in your house = instant fire hazard[/quotedfda9ae9ed]

lol havent had any combustions as of yet...

I just decided to check and list everything

Pentium M laptop
Pentium 4 laptop
Pentium 3 desktop
19'' lcd monitor
cell phone charger
logitech bluetooth cradle
landline phone (5.8ghz panasonic)
printer
wifi router
kvm switch
desk light
stereo master unit and dvd player (seperate power supplies)

i dont even have a computer......in fact ive never even used one before. so i dont have this problem shrug

[quoted7c6288fd4="dudeextrem2000"][quoted7c6288fd4="JOSHBOX"]you have an emachine in your house = instant fire hazard[/quoted7c6288fd4]

lol havent had any combustions as of yet...[/quoted7c6288fd4]

lol Im just a little biased. Id say about 40-50% of all computers coming back into the store where i work for service in less than a year from purchase are emachines. Thats pretty bad considering we sell Emachine, HP, Compaq, Intel, Sony, Gateway and more brands. Just goes to show you the incredible quality put into emachine computers. roll

As for my power strip

21" LCD
AMD 3200+ PC with 480W PSU
5.1 Logitech Surround Sound Speakers
Small fan
Bigger fan
16" CRT Monitor
Ipod Charger
Cell Charger
PSP Charger
House phone
P4 2.4GHZ PC with 500W PSU
19" CRT Monitor
2.1 Speakers
Linksys 10/100 Switch

3 monitors, 2 speaker setups for 2 computers? Yowzers!

yeah Ill take a pic tomorrow. sometimes I run dual display on my other comp.

my room
1 6 input strip with Computer, speakers, moniter, tv, vcr, and light.

main room
1 strip with tv, dvd, gamecube, xbox, ps2, system selector, then cables running to modem and router

i've had my emachine for like 3 years and nothing hardware wise has ever gone wrong (it crashed 1nce cause of one of those system takeover viruses) but other than that its been pretty good

My girlfriend and her mother both have e-machines( P4 & Athlon XP). Ive found that as long as you uninstall the windows version that comes from the factory and reinstall your own copy (eliminating all of emachines shitty software) they work just as well as any other computer.

[quotea5fdbc00ae="JOSHBOX"][quotea5fdbc00ae="dudeextrem2000"][quotea5fdbc00ae="JOSHBOX"]you have an emachine in your house = instant fire hazard[/quotea5fdbc00ae]

lol havent had any combustions as of yet...[/quotea5fdbc00ae]

lol Im just a little biased. Id say about 40-50% of all computers coming back into the store where i work for service in less than a year from purchase are emachines. Thats pretty bad considering we sell Emachine, HP, Compaq, Intel, Sony, Gateway and more brands. Just goes to show you the incredible quality put into emachine computers. roll [/quotea5fdbc00ae]

Or the stupidity of its buyers.

I got all this on one outlet(my room)

(24/7)
monitor
monitor
stereo
Computer
Computer
Computer
Switch
Raritan kvm
alerm clock
(sometimes)
Laptop
tv