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NOMA 8-Outlet Power Bar with 4 USB Outlets, 3-ft, 14.99 after 70% off, starts Sep 5th

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[Canadian Tire] NOMA 8-Outlet Power Bar with 4 USB Outlets, 3-ft, 14.99 after 70% off, starts Sep 5th

live Thursday Sep 5, ends Sep 8
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looks like the same thing was for $16.99 Aug 2018 https://www.redflagdeals.com/deal/home- ... ts-3-ft-2/
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Do you think this will be safe to plug a microwave, water cooler dispenser or a small deep freezer? I’ve always heard it’s not safe to plug these into anything but the wall directly.
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Captaincanuck79 wrote: Do you think this will be safe to plug a microwave, water cooler dispenser or a small deep freezer? I’ve always heard it’s not safe to plug these into anything but the wall directly.
These have built in fuse so if you overload it will stop automatically. Nowadays, its no issue. If you run the microwave and the deep freezer kicks in at the same time you might trip the powerbar though.
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Captaincanuck79 wrote: Do you think this will be safe to plug a microwave, water cooler dispenser or a small deep freezer? I’ve always heard it’s not safe to plug these into anything but the wall directly.
Yeah and my hairdryer have a piece of paper on the plug that say "Do not use near humidity".
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Wish the plug was slim, otherwise this looks great for price
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wahabk1234 wrote: Will it fast charge an s9?
Very slowly!
4 USB charging ports with a total of 4.2A for your handheld devices
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These are good in toy rooms and kids rooms where their friends come over and always want to plug in
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Captaincanuck79 wrote: Do you think this will be safe to plug a microwave, water cooler dispenser or a small deep freezer? I’ve always heard it’s not safe to plug these into anything but the wall directly.
In order to have peace of mind, I would not recommend doing so. You should only plug in any one of those appliances and unplug if you do not need it. There are many issues with people abusing powerbar as not everyone in a family is keeping a conscious mind of fire safety. Of coarse there is always surge protection and insurance claim, but do you really want to rely on those.

FYI, all kitchen receptacle outlets are connected to two separate 15 amp wiring circuit (or simply put each kitchen receptacle is rated to 30 amp with 15 amp per outlet) so you can plug in two appliances on the same receptacle without blowing the fuse. Using a power bar with 15 amp rating can only extend the power supply for one appliance.
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coolnut wrote: In order to have peace of mind, I would not recommend doing so. You should only plug in any one of those appliances and unplug if you do not need it. There are many issues with people abusing powerbar as not everyone in a family is keeping a conscious mind of fire safety. Of coarse there is always surge protection and insurance claim, but do you really want to rely on those.

FYI, all kitchen receptacle outlets are connected to two separate 15 amp wiring circuit (or simply put each kitchen receptacle is rated to 30 amp with 15 amp per outlet) so you can plug in two appliances on the same receptacle without blowing the fuse. Using a power bar with 15 amp rating can only extend the power supply for one appliance.
Is this a new building standard? I am pretty sure, my house built 10 yrs ago, each outlet in the kitchen (2 plugs one top one bottom) are hooked up to one 20amp circuit.

I have not seen any receptacle that calls for a 15 amp line direct to the top and another 15 amp line direct to the bottom. The only possible 30Amp circuit is maybe the electric stove plug supplying 240v.

There is zero risk of fire IMO if you hook up the microwave and a hairdryer to the same powerbar because it is fused at 15amp and your outlet is fused at 20 amp considering it is also using the 12/2 cable.

You would risk a fire, if you plug it both items direct to the wall, but the wire is using a 14/2 cable and not protected by a fuse (aka directly connected to the main panel). Since a 14/2 cable is suppose to rated to 15 amps, if you have items drawing at 20 amps over a long time using a 15amp rated cable, it will overheat and possibly cause a fire. These cases are much more likely to occur in old old homes built with the green aluminum wires. They even have paper wrapped around them lol.......... major fire hazard.
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That 4.2A total isn't very clear - how much can a single USB port push? Is it at least 2A?
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sonyminidiscman wrote: Is this a new building standard? I am pretty sure, my house built 10 yrs ago, each outlet in the kitchen (2 plugs one top one bottom) are hooked up to one 20amp circuit.

I have not seen any receptacle that calls for a 15 amp line direct to the top and another 15 amp line direct to the bottom. The only possible 30Amp circuit is maybe the electric stove plug supplying 240v.

There is zero risk of fire IMO if you hook up the microwave and a hairdryer to the same powerbar because it is fused at 15amp and your outlet is fused at 20 amp considering it is also using the 12/2 cable.

You would risk a fire, if you plug it both items direct to the wall, but the wire is using a 14/2 cable and not protected by a fuse (aka directly connected to the main panel). Since a 14/2 cable is suppose to rated to 15 amps, if you have items drawing at 20 amps over a long time using a 15amp rated cable, it will overheat and possibly cause a fire. These cases are much more likely to occur in old old homes built with the green aluminum wires. They even have paper wrapped around them lol.......... major fire hazard.
One of my kitchen receptacles indeed has two seperate 15A connections to the breaker. You can tell if you take out the receptacle and the middle bar that basically joins the top and bottom outlet is broken off (so they are no longer sharing power).
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azncapcom wrote: One of my kitchen receptacles indeed has two seperate 15A connections to the breaker. You can tell if you take out the receptacle and the middle bar that basically joins the top and bottom outlet is broken off (so they are no longer sharing power).
How new is your house?
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sonyminidiscman wrote:
How new is your house?
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mines from 2007. I believe my brothers also has the same connection and that house is ffrom the late 90s
Most new houses 2010+ will use 20 amp kitchen outlets, entirely based on the contractor.By code you can still do 15 amp splits. And just to clarify they are not 15a dedicated circuits where the 20a are. If you have two outlets on your counter they will share two 15a circuits split top / bottom for a total for a total of 30a. Where as now when we use 20a circuits the same two plugs would give you 40a total.
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pny128 wrote: Is it a known brand?
-"Certain merchandise items are branded specifically for Canadian Tire, NOMA, a company that exists in Canada as a trademark only, offering a wide range of items from Christmas lights to air purifiers, "

pretty much it's an inhouse cdn tire brand, it's decent to a certain extend

I don't trust NOMA christmas light(plenty of horror storry there), but their extension cords and power bars have proven to work as advertised and none of them have died on me yet
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This seems like a decent deal.

I bought a Noma surge protector on clearance last summer for 14.98 to replace a cheap one that stopped working.

It’s got 8 outlets but no USB ports. I use it to charge my phone and iPad and for my air conditioner. It works fine. The air conditioner blew the last powerbar.

The USB outlets would be handy. I would buy this if I needed one.

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