The Jackson 6 Outlet Surge Protected Powerboard with Spaced Power Outlets - Black - $10.50 (Was $21) @ Woolworths

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bargrin on 21/12/2018 - 09:30 woolworths.com.au (1511 clicks)
Last edited 21/12/2018 - 11:37 by 1 other user

The Jackson 6 powerboards are back after a one year hiatus, so don't Blame it on the Boogie, blame it on Ozbargain ;)

Other half price power boards here:
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTer…

one year ago deal and specs:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/349902

Jackson 6 Outlet Surge Protected Powerboard With Spaced Power Outlets - Black
Surge Protected
2 Spaced Sockets
6 Outlets
1 Metre Lead

Product information:

Voltage Rating 240VAC 50Hz
Current 10 Amps
Power Rating 2400 Watt
Surge Current 4,500
Response time 20 ns
Energy absorption 175 Joules

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  Tomika on 21/12/2018 - 09:33

  +8

  Jackson 5?

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    [Deactivated] on 21/12/2018 - 09:57

    +1

    the 6th member is white Michael.

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  damfrog on 21/12/2018 - 09:48

  Doesn't every power board in Australia have surge protection? How is this surge protection better than the surge protection on cheaper boards?

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    [Deactivated] on 21/12/2018 - 10:02

    +1

    Energy absorption 175 Joules
    Response time 20 ns

    probably not a lot better if at all.

    https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/home/surge-pro…
    http://www.djsociety.org/Surge_1.htm

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    ethan16 on 21/12/2018 - 16:35

    +3

    You are mistaking current overload for surge protection two different protection types

    Current overload protection = Amps Plugging an excess load onto the the board ie more than ten amps

    Surge protection = Voltage caused by lightning and other faults on the grid network

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  Eggy on 21/12/2018 - 10:23

  +5

  Some feedback on this one. The outlets are really tight, so inserting and removing plugs can be difficult. A side effect of the plugs having too much resistance, it will some times spark internally when the pins connect as I'm trying to push the plug fully into the outlet.

  Personally I would not recommend this one.

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    PJC on 21/12/2018 - 10:26

    +4

    Thanks for the warning.

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    oodLes on 21/12/2018 - 10:26

    +1

    I have 4 of these and haven't found this.

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      PJC on 21/12/2018 - 10:54

      +1

      OK then I suppose I will look out for these after all.

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    PainToad on 21/12/2018 - 10:58

    +9

    really tight, so inserting and removing plugs can be difficult

    Giggity.

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    freesteakknives on 21/12/2018 - 11:59

    Better than to loose

    1) arcing can happen between the pin and the socket - happened to me and the powerboard started to smolder
    2) plugs fall out when you mount the power board vertically

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    Sopzo on 23/12/2018 - 13:23

    Yeah it's better to buy something with switches

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  CountDuckula on 21/12/2018 - 13:14

  +2

  Jackson power boards are terrible quality from my experience. I have one of these, one slot you just cannot insert plugs into, another is really tight and takes a few attempts to get the plug to go in. I'd recommend avoiding.

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    SJDR on 23/12/2018 - 13:22

    Tried spitting on it?

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  peterpeterpumpkin on 21/12/2018 - 16:08

  Sorry. Just waiting for my opportunity to rant.

  I've got a tiny, generic USB adapter and the genius engineers decided to put the USB hole on the left-hand side. So unless I give it two spaces it has to go on the far-left of a powerboard…

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    PainToad on 21/12/2018 - 16:46

    Nexus 6 charger was like this. Moto are idiots.

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      2024 on 21/12/2018 - 20:59

      Samsung chargers usually have to be on the right. It's an industry thing, most of them don't think.

      I have a HTC adaptor from a while back I still use for things that don't need quick charge as it's a vertical plug.

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      peterpeterpumpkin on 21/12/2018 - 21:00

      +1

      For a bit of trivia, apparently this design comes from an America First policy since their sockets are rotated 90 degrees to ours on their powerboards

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        2024 on 21/12/2018 - 21:10

        So it would generally be pointed to the top or bottom of the board?
        Makes sense.

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          peterpeterpumpkin on 21/12/2018 - 21:32

          @2024: Yeah. Though I've seen American powerboards online that break the trend, so I guess there are frustrated Americans too.

          But I suppose Australia's one of the few countries (maybe China but I don't recall) that insists on side-by-side rather than top-bottom double wall sockets (like in the US/Japan and EU/Korea/etc), so not enough of us have complained directly to the manufacturers to change their minds.