My guess is that the two plugs on your outlet are run from the same breaker in your breaker box (its very rare & somewhat weird/professional to have 2 seperate lines for the two plugs on an outlet). Lets assume the power requirements of your system aren't above the limitations of your surge protector. So unless you trip the breaker in your house's breaker box & lose power altogether, I wouldn't worry about it. If you are concerned about ever tripping the breaker, just don't plug in a lot of power tools & microwaves to the other outlets on that breaker. You can determine which outlets are on the same breaker by plugging lamps into everything & then flipping off the breaker that goes to that outlet. ![]()
I have my computer and stereo set up in my room, both in the same outlet. I need some advice. We're talking about four plugs for the computer, and four for the various stereo components.
Can I use a surge protector in one outlet and a power strip in another to put all eight devices running off of one outlet?
Or should I invest in one of the larger surge protectors that has room for ten plugs? And if so, what's a good one that isn't terribly expensive?
I know nothing about this stuff.

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