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Originally Posted by Albert Clark
Ok. Got it. Can you get a electrician to test your outlets for safe capacitance and maybe have another outlet installed in the snake room? At least replace your power strips for now with Belkin brand power strips. The circuitry really goes bad annually in most power strips.. You can order Belkin power strips on Amazon or eBay for reduced costs. That includes the Belkin power strip surge protector also.
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Yeah we'd be able to do that. Not sure about putting in another outlet, it depends on whether or not I'd have to temporarily house my snakes somewhere else. I'll keep the Belkins in mind. Are you suggesting this because you think the power strip could be sucking extra power or something?
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Originally Posted by chairman
Your heater was turning off more frequently on the power strip because it was tripping the strip's "breaker". Strips are rarely rated for more than 10 amps while your walls should be rated for 15 or 20 amps.
BTW, to calculate the load on a line add up the wattage of everything running on a given circuit (or power strip) and divide that number by 110, 115, or 120, depending on what voltage your power company delivers (it varies).
I have found that two of the oil filled heaters set on low (600 watt) heat a room better than one set on the high (1500 watt) setting.
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With the thermostats am I adding up just the thermostat's wattage, just the heater's wattage, or both together?
I can't hog all the heaters, so I'll have to make due with one, or buy yet another heater.
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Originally Posted by treaux
If none of the breakers are being tripped, then one of two things is happening. Either you are losing power to the heater momentarily and it has a soft power switch (as in it is not always on while there is power to it) or the heater itself is turning off from an internal safety switch (like overheating or a tip over sensor).
Do you have anything else that would indicate if you had a temporary power loss (like a computer or something)?
I always buy heaters that have a hard on/off switch, that way if they power goes out, when it comes back on the heater will be on as well. For the oil filled radiators (which I prefer), I like the ones that come with a dial thermostat and the two rocker switches for power levels (one is 600 watt, the other is 900 watt, so you can use either one or both for maximum power). Here's an example: Amazon.com - DeLonghi EW7707CB Safeheat 1500W ComforTemp Portable Oil-Filled Radiator - Black - Heaters |
Yeah, the power strip would tell me if there was a power loss. I'd have to restart it any time we lost power, and everything is still on when I walk in and the heater's off.
The one my mom has has two dials, one for Settings 1-3 and OFF, and one below it for degree of heat output, but it doesn't seem to have that hard on/off switch as it too turned off and didn't come back on.
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Originally Posted by pitontheprowl
Have you tried a different outlet?
An old worn outlet can lose contact when it gets hot because of the bad connection.
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I've only switched outlets once. It came from the outlet where the power strip was, and I put it in the outlet in the restroom on the opposite side.
I don't have any other outlets free, because of how I have all the snake's enclosures set up. I don't really want to use an extension cord in that room if I can help it.
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