JelleWhoRehang the hood
I first mistook this for a room-sized contraption and was like “Holy shit!”.
After perspective shift to probably correct size still no idea what this is, though…
It’s a fire hazard.
AkasazhIs that powerstrip to code with the cord passing through a wall/ceiling like that?
And vibrates. Oof, that’s not good.
In Europe ground fault interruption is mandatory, as well as breakers that trip at a relatively low current at a fast speed. All of the wires are also at least double insulated with heat resistant plastic. The appliance is more likely to get replaced due to old age rather than the wire wearing through. And even if it does, the ground fault interruptor kicks in right away and prevents anything bad from happening. The owner investigates, buys a new cord for a few euro and easily replaces it.
ikiddI don’t think he is cooking with wood.
Looks more like it’s passed into a cupboard, probably an outlet in the soffit for lighting.
LemmyoutofhereIf you have to ask……
A fire?..………At a sea parks?
Holy smokes that’s funny! Thanks
I too love to daisy chain plug expanders. If I can somehow hide them behind a wooden panel, and maybe place them over a heat source, that would be my favorite.
In seriousness, if you checked that none of these thing draw large amounts of power, and arrange those that draw the most power closest (as in least plug hops) to the mains, your probably fine. If everything is under 100W each its probably fine
This looks like it’s in Europe where 240 VAC is the norm. This means a lot of power without a lot of current, this means it’s much safer from overheating. Schuko plugs also have a lot of contact area, making the contact resistance very low. On top of that everything is double insulated with heat resistant plastic.
You can easily daisy chain 10 outlets and still pull thousands of watts without any issue. Not recommended, but still possible. The kinds of plugs used are either direct lighting cords (the flatter two prong kind) or small AC-DC adapter plugs (usually providing less than 25W), probably for lighting.
It might look a bit sketchy, but it really isn’t any issue at all.
The person that installed that is far from a professional. This is so sloppy that it doesn’t bode well for the other things in the house. Even if its technically safe the question remains why?
Because Europe has much safer electrical standards. Apart from that it doesn’t look so tidy there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.
Independent of regular load, with daisy chaining you still have potential increase of return wire impedance, also for protective ground, which can lead to the circuit breakers not reliably switching in short circuit situations any more.
So better not do it. For real.
So better not do it. For real.
Say what now?