These are usually $50.
Looks to be price-matching Bunnings and you can see the price variation on Price Hipster
Officeworks is still $49.98 so you could probably pice match Bunnings/Amazon.
Note - Bunnings is a special order product, so you need to pay for delivery or arrange C&C but it is delayed
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It would depend on the current draw of those 12 things and for how long.
12 phone chargers? No.
12 Fridges? Probably if it doesn't trip the circuit or overload protection.
Sounds promising..I'm buying it for 6 phone chargers and 6 fridges.
Wait for deal first.
Yer gonna have a baaad time If u don't connect those fridges to different circuits
Won't this just cause a fire if you actually tried to connect 12 things to it?
12 phone chargers? No.
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it would have overload protection to about 10A/2400W
Every powerboard from $2 to $2000 has overload protection that is 10A/2400watts
Cheers for all the insights. I learnt a lot today!
Are the 12 things , aliexpress lithium ion escooters?
Nope. If you to draw more than 2400W from it, that little black button will pop up, and everything connected to it will lose power.
I am unable to find this
Is there connected devices insurance like Belkin?
Is there connected devices insurance like Belkin?
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These would only pull max 2400W what so it would be pretty easy to trip it if you plugged a couple of anything high draw into it - fridges, kettles, heaters, dogecoin miner, sybian etc.
sybian
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“Lampert and his team initially called the device Master Better…”
Would have sold so many more if they called it Mister Batter…
When you know, you know.
Not to be confused with Symbian OS
Don't want a short circuit with that, or maybe you do…
fridges, kettles, heaters
I would personally never be plugging these sort of things into a powerboard. Always straight into the wall for those sort of things in my view.
I have my fridge on a powerboard for the flat style 240v connection. But nothing else plugs into that board.
What if your heater doesn't reach the nearest wall outlet? Can you use an extension cord or are there better ways? Thanks
Extension should be okay, if it's the only thing on that single wall plug.
It's so true.
But at the second thought, what's the point connecting kettles and heaters on surge protect power board?
Should they be on any sort of power board at all?
I just don't see the point, probably because I don't know very well about eclectronics.
Nah you'll be fine, Sybians don't use that much.
So what is the difference between this power board and and old house where all the Power points are on a single circuit? Why doesn’t the circuit trip?
Boards can only pull 2400w Max AFAIK.
Each power point at the wall can pull more, and a double power point can pull more to each outlet.
This is presumably because the wires in the walls (and GPO mechanisms) are higher rated than extension cords and supposedly installed by licensed professionals to code.
They are governed by the breakers in the switchboard, and should be double earthed.
They therefore will not get as hot and thus not be a fire risk from being loaded up with more power.
The old circuits will likely be governed by the breakers in the box alone which allow more than 2400w per circuit.
This is why sparkies run multiple circuits in your home, and separate high load runs such as electric heaters (hard wired), induction units (30+ amps required) or others. I think they have some basic rules as to how to separate the circuits.
Older homes (such as my 100 year old beauty) can be extremely dangerous as the old wires are indian rubber which has long perished, and were housed in metal conduits, preventing earths (to the breaker box) and potentially allowing an open circuit which will kill you if live and touched, as the breaker can't do anything in this case to stop you frying.
Typical GPO's are rated to 10A which translates to 2400w on 240V.
240V * 10A = 2400w
Each outlet on a double GPO rated for 10A will pull that much (or a little more).
Higher amp outlets require higher rated cables, and separate circuits.
Are there any powerboards with longer lead?
You haven't read the description yet?
This powerboard has a 1.8 meter lead
Lol typical, 4 can't read.🤣
Had one of these for years, it's good behind my monitor for the large quantity of PC peripherals I have. Surprisingly long lead which is a bonus.
Genuine question - is this any safer/convenient than simply buying 2 HPM 6 outlet powerboards ($14.98) and daisy chaining them (giving you 11 usable outlets). I just don't understand how the price goes from $14.98 to around $50 when not discounted…..
This one has extra fat ports for those big power supplies.
They only have 5 outlet powerboards with extra wide ports. Which is $22.30 each
Inherently you should always avoid daisy chaining.
It might appear fine until one day it's not because you plugged in a heater and didn't remember or realize.
Do it right the first time imo. Daisy chaining can be dangerous.
I don't even like to say this but the only time it's acceptable is if you don't have a cable extender and you're daisy chaining to plug in 1 extended device or something.
I understand you are cautious, but there is nothing to worry about with daisy chaining power boards if all the devices are low wattage.
It doesn’t help people to say things like “the only time it is acceptable” because they will think from that there is some mysterious factor in addition to total wattage to consider.
At your place, there might be randoms plugging in lots of heaters, but two heaters in one power board is much worse than 12 usb chargers in three daisy chained power boards, for obvious reasons.
It is the concern with over loading the total wattage that matters, not daisy chaining power boards in themselves.
Don't forget it's a much cleaner setup with this instead of two 6 outlet power boards. I use this under my standing desk and it works really well to keep things powered and neat. Would be more mess, effort and risk (tangles and per other comments) to have 2x boards Daisy chained under my desk
Using this powerboard, can you charge 12 Teslas using one outlet?
175 Joules on the pack, don't you need at least 500 Joules?
https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/blog/joules-the-key-to-sur…
Hi
Cactus here.
I've got one of these.
HPM are a fairly decent brand. They aren't on par of the likes of Belkin, CyberPower, Thor, Monster, etc.
-The plastic molding is decent, and doesn't feel too cheap. It's not the highest quality as other brands, but you wont need nor feel like you'll need better.
-The metals and bars used inside to bridge pins are good quality, they don't appear to have anything that concerns me, this is contrast to many other made in China power strips.
-Insulation exists where necessary inside and everything is correctly positioned.
-The clamping system used for the plugs you connect are decent and won't loosen anytime soon. You won't get crazy amounts of insertion numbers out of these, but you won't have to worry about loose ports for a decent amount of time.
-There is basic and decent surge protection inside. But I wouldn't rely on it for anything crazy if you have a rough area a UPS is always a good option.
-Actually meets relevant standards.
Personal thoughts:
I think the extra spaced ports are INVALUABLE. I STRONGLY suggest these to folks planning on using these with computers or such devices where certain power adapters often take up more room to the side by not being size compliant.
I like these units, I don't think anyone will be unhappy or have any issues with these as Ive used mine personally for 12+ months.
I give these 4 cacti and a succulent out of 5.
175J is arguably not decent surge protection at all. It's extremely low compared to most other sausage protected power boards
Good that it's protected, you definitely don't want any sausage getting in there
Haha whoops.. autocorrect is funny settings
Compared to what? The majority of boards in this tier and price offer even less if not nothing at all.
You would be surprised how many strips offer nothing at all yet are commonly used.
Compared to say the bauhn power boards sold regularly at aldi.
https://bauhn.com.au/8-way-surge-powerboard-april/
1050J of protection, 8 socket board, $25.
FANTASTIC POST! Thanks cactus!
This one looks much better deal with 6 USB ports and extra protect
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08HK155M9/
Yeah, but a bit of a no name brand. And vertical? Possibility of stuff falling out a little bit and appliances not working….. not sure about that.
Bought one of these. All the ports are loose and the plugs kept falling out. Ended up replacing with the one from this post. 100% would recommend this over the tower. And the big spaces between the ports are chef's kiss
Thanks Op.
What about kettles and rice cooker?
I wish the plug was more low profile, its not bad but it could be better.
I have few situations where we have placed furniture in front of a wall outlet and trying to find a plug that is low profile enough so tha the furniture can be flush with the skirting board is difficult.
The most flush powerboard plug I found so far is the Xiao Mi Power Strip, but then you have all the issues with the plug not being certified properly for use in Australia.
There are some really good low profile plug solutions in the US. I wish similar products were sold in Australia.
https://www.amazon.com/Protector-Extension-Charging-Extender…
These are great. I bought 6 of these some 7 years ago on clearance for around 11 bucks each from officeworks, sold 5 for $35 each and kept 1 for the office. Have connected 2 printers, PC, server, Xbox, PS3, PS4, monitor, phone charger, battery charger, 8 port network switch and Amp. Still going strong after all these years.
Amazon oos
Better buy from bunnings 12 outlet 5 wide outlets on one side
https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-12-outlet-power-board-with…
Yes, but I would say HPM is a better brand, plus, no wide outlets for those annoying side power supplies. Also, only 0.9m cable, not 1.8m like the HPM.
5 bottom ones look quite spaced to me..?
Yeah, they do little a little bigger.
thanks, these are really handy for TV units with a lot of consoles, AV receiver etc:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xm1fpwidaebjk20/18156676_101542160…
Thats one hell of a wiring power configuration. Relatively neat, great job!
Back in stock $27.15 for Prime Big Deal
Won't this just cause a fire if you actually tried to connect 12 things to it?