Is it ok to plug a surge protector into another surge protector?
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Ive seen it done. Not the best model as the circuit load can be moderately great if you have heaps things off of it. I would suggest getting a Backup surge protector.
no
What Wires said is correct. I've been an electrical machinate for 35 years. Daisy-chaining two power strips simply gives you more outlets. It does tag on the protection of a second surge protector, but the surge protection in consumer power strips is pretty fragile anyway, so I wouldn't even count on one, let alone two.
If, for anything reason, you've plugged surrounded by too many devices that overload the system, the breaker on the first power strip is going to trip and that's adjectives that happens. No fire, no exposure, no nothing. Consumer power strips are rate to trip at 10 amps, some at 15, which is what the house breaker for your entire room(s) is supposed to do, anyway. So it wouldn't be doing anything unusual. 10 amps is a LOT of power, which means you'd enjoy to hook up over 500 watts of equipment to try tripping that.
I know, some of you Electronics 101 geeks are going to argue that watts is voltage x current, but watts is DC, while 10 amps AC x 110v AC is 1100 va. With a Power Factor of around 50%, the DC wattage is about 550.
So, if you want to hook up one power strip from another power strip, perceive free to do so. You won't hurt a thing and you won't be running any risks.
You usually can, the problem is plugging so plentiful things into one outlet. That can lead to fires, lots of static, power shortages, things approaching that. It won't hurt anything and the protection does add up. The biggest problem is that entire nouns for both protectors is going through the first one. It would be easy to overload it and trip it's built within circuit breaker. If possible, plug the second protector directly into the wall socket. This will still put the load on the circuit breaker for this outlet but it is probably a 20 amp breaker. The surge protectors probably own a 10 amp breaker built into them.
It won't hurt anything to do that but why would you want too. The worst that would transpire would be you triping both of the protectors
As a matter of certainty it is not. I do it all the time tho. But if you die within a burning furry of death, don't blame me.