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You'll find them hanging at the end of the aisles or in the middle, $14.25 with powerpass
6 x 10A power outlets
1.2m power cord (ordinary duty)
Built-in EMI & RFI filter
Surge and overload protection
Wall mounting slots
This tough aluminium power board is great for use around the home and workshop.
The stylish design and robust construction make it a fantastic power accessory for your home.
It's both. Just a powerboard in an aluminium housing
The only cordtech products I have at home, bought from Bunnings, makes me never want to buy one of their power boards with a metal casing.
I've had a board where the contacts in the sockets went out of alignment on the first use.
I've had a board where the contacts in the sockets went out of alignment on the first use.
I once had a girl like that.
Or should I say she once had me.
True. But once it's caught fire and your TV cabinet is burning, it's all the same.
website says not available to purchase online or instore?
Think cause it’s a clearance item
Those silly people who keep reporting the deal as sold out should click that link 😜
So that one switch activates all six sockets at once?
Bit of a strange idea tbh
Less bulk.
Works same as having a basic powerboard plugged into a wall outlet but small convenience of having a switch when using an extension cord I guess
It's great for my garage. It just want to turn everything off and leave it all for the next weekend I can get to it.
Switch it off at the wall for those that dont have the on/off switch, cable is only 1.2m anyway.
When I use a long extension cord, I would unplug or at least switch off at the wall when not in use for a long time.
It's handy if the board is on a workbench and the plug is underneath the bench or otherwise hard to reach. Which is a relatively common setup for a board like this.
In other countries its normal for wall outlets to not have switches so are always on.
So no way to click and collect? Not sure when I can make it to a Bunnings…
I know this may seem silly - but:
The Wall Amp is 10A - the Powerboard says 6 x 10A - Is this just a 10A board with 6 Outlets (vs 10A with 4 outlets) - or 6 x 10A = 60A (I am sure it is not that)
That’s why it’s aluminium — this amazing powerboard is rated up to 14kW total! Of course, this is only if you purchase the optional heatsink (makes the whole assembly quite bulky)
LOL - I was hoping 14.4 kW - then I could put 6 of these going into each one - and drawing 86.4kW
No - it is the Coffee Machine that pops it - the rest of the house is designed to draw precisely 10A per outlet - lol! [Pets - not drugs]
Does it include the welding goggles if it uses all the 14KW?
Just 10amp. There will only be a single 10amp socket to connect to wall outlet. I believe they would just be reffering to the size, ie. not 15amp socket size on the board which has a wider earth pin.
Thank you - need lots of buckets of power - and keep popping the fuse whenever we do coffee machine
Unfortunately that's going to be down to your wiring (presuming you're not referring to using a powerboard to plug the coffee machine in?)
Could also be down to how many appliances are on at the same time, IE toaster + coffee machine might draw more than what the circuit is rated for.
@mgleds: No - it is the Coffee Machine that pops it - the rest of the house is designed to draw precisely 10A per outlet - lol! [Pets - not drugs]
@Sainter Dad: It’s not each power point that is 10amp. You might have 5 power points sharing the same 10amp circuit in your house. It’s super super super unlikely every power point is designated it’s own 10amp circuit unless you expressly requested that and paid through the bum for it,
It’s also unlikely a coffee machine is drawing more than 2400watts unless it’s faulty.
You likely have something else on the same circuit drawing heavy at the same time.
@AmperSand: LOL
1 10A Breaker at the box
1 room
6 outlets
each outlet drawing close to 400W of lighting (various combinations of 100w and 13w - so maybe 3 x 100 and 6 x 13)
Approaching 2.4kw (or 10Amps for the room)
Then - and additional to the other room - the coffee machine is turned on and this takes it above the 10A as the Thermoblock warms - breaker pops.
Solution will be - 5 10A Breakers each connected to a single GPO
@Sainter Dad: Solution should be just a dedicated 10amp circuit for the coffee machine tbh.
5 circuits is overkill to run a bunch of lights and a coffee machine.
Not a silly point and also not silly calculating current draw.
It has a 10A overload. 10A / 6 = 1.67A per outlet at the same time.
Only one outlet can draw over 10A for a short period before tripping the board.
Everything is rated at 10A for standard circuits that's from a single extension cord, wall outlet etc and correct me but I don't think there's a limit on how many outlets you can have on a circuit but the electrician who installs the outlets must consider the current draw for the circuit.
If you have an entire kitchen running off a 10A circuit breaker… (not including the oven which must be on a separate circuit) … You will be visiting the switchboard to reset that breaker when running a sandwich press, a microwave and a kettle.
Or you can just get a powerboard and press the 10A reset from the kitchen
No - it is the Coffee Machine that pops it - the rest of the house is designed to draw precisely 10A per outlet - lol! [Pets - not drugs]
You are thinking about it all wrong… with electricity you don't just add up what each thing is rated for max total - what is relevant is that circuits are rated the same current as the distribution carries on and when it steps down it has a circuit breaker for overload. You wouldn't want to have wiring that would melt because it can't handle 10 amps on a 10 amp circuit. You have every bit of wiring and sockets on that circuit rated to take 10 amps usually.
e.g. you may have a 100amp main switch distribution board with 3x 30 amp circuits, 2x 15 amp circuits and 6x 10 amp circuits …. the main switch / board is still rated to draw 100 amps even though the circuits could in theory draw more than that if all loaded up…the distribution will never be even, there is diversity in the load and timing of load - one 30 amp circuit (e.g. hot water or oven) could draw 30 amps one second, and none the next whilst another is drawing 30 amps and so on… provided the total household isn't drawing more than 100 amps in total at any one time it is all good… It is the same here. You can run up to at most 2.3kW-ish before the whole circuit will trip, this could be from the combination of all sockets on the powerboard, or just one… each one is rated to draw up to 10A all the same so it is technically still six 10 amp outlets because any one of them can draw the 10amps on its lonesome. You could have a hefty heater drawing 2000W on one, tiny amount of current summing under 300W on the others, and still be under 10amp total. Swap them around, it still works… until you overload the board with 2x 2000W heaters heating up at once or the whole house trips the main board depending on what else is going on.
I dunno what your coffee machine story is supposed to mean, but I am guessing it has a short-circuit / fault… probably not just an overload if it trips when turned on (especially if not much else is running).
LOL
1 10A Breaker at the box
1 room
6 outlets
each outlet drawing close to 400W of lighting (various combinations of 100w and 13w - so maybe 3 x 100 and 6 x 13)
Approaching 2.4kw (or 10Amps for the room)
Then - and additional to the other room - the coffee machine is turned on and this takes it above the 10A as the Thermoblock warms - breaker pops.
Solution will be - 5 10A Breakers each connected to a single GPO
Heat lamps?
Obviously "lighting" in 2023 doesn't need to draw anywhere near 100W
obviously no powerboard can invent more power capacity than the circuit is designed to take.
Sounds like you need to spend big on power distribution for your pet hobby.
As per my comment, just make sure you MSB can also handle with everything else you have going on like ovens/hot plates, hot water, assuming they are electric or you will graduate from your coffee machine blowing the circuit to every time you try to heat water or cook food the whole house loses power.
If you are serious enough you might have to upgrade your incoming supply….
In theory if this is all clustered together you could get like a 32 amp circuit then put on like a power rail with a bunch of 10 amp outlets or something like this https://www.electrotraders.com.au/power-board-5-pin-32a-to-6…
@MrFrugalSpend: Thanks - we know the solution - lol - just need to find a sparkie to do it 'in place'
As to cryptic - we get used to it - even using names like 'danger noodles' and 'nope ropes' as some people are sensitive.
@Sainter Dad: Probably easiest - you may otherwise be able to use some sort of smart metering / app to ration the load around, that is, if the pets can handle being on reduced lamps whilst you brew a coffee for example - I haven't used them myself but I think there are ones at Bunnings that can monitor current load and you could press a button to turn a section off when required. I think some also have temp sensors etc built in which may be handy…. but certainly more finicky than beefing up the power distribution.
The stylish design
hmm..
Have you got something against sky blue, or toxic yellow-green? I’ll admit that design is more than just colour choice, though
This item is no longer available to buy online or in-store.
Definitely available in-store
Love me some cheap mains voltage devices made from metal.
It's made from plastic inserted into an aluminium frame. Bit misleading but just a regular 10A 6 outlet board
$15 of tingly heart-stopping vibes … what could possibly go wrong
I would always just go for either
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/hpm-overlo…
or
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hpm-general-purpose-8-outlet-sur…
These are the only ones I will ever use now in harsh touring environments and they've never let me down. Pretty much every other type I've come across in the sub $40 range are unreliable and will either arc, or the internal pins will come out of alignment with the sockets.
I still prefer the crackling and popping, and risk of electrocution and/or house fire of a good old CyberPower :)
I dunno why people buy less than the Belkin ones….
Review on Bunnings "Absolute Rubbish"
Thanks for all the comments above. So is this product worth buying?
I need a surge-protected powerboard with at least 6 outlets for the office. Any good recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
Hmm what's the reason for a conductive surface? Shouldn't this be made out of non-conductive materials on the outside??
Brought to you by sponsors of the Darwin Awards…. to see if any moron buys them!
(agreed about non-conductive…. looks like what happens when the fashion team override the engineers….forkwits)
Yeah, this was my first thought… what?!
If anyone buys this, I want to pitch this idea to you. POWERCABLES. Entirely made of metal. Super heavy duty….. Only for real men.
I would have thought with cheap boards, plastic would be more suitable.