Many electronics say they should be plugged into wall outlet and not surge protector. As far as I can tell, this is only to ensure the device is getting enough power to operate. In my view, it would seem the biggest downside to plugging into a surge protector is the device may not have enough power to operate. So, worst case, coffee isn’t hot or space heater doesn’t run. Whereas, wall outlet has no protection against power surge and therefore device is more likely to be broken or have fuse break as on-board safety measure. What am i missing?
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Perhaps you’re seeing things that say that they should not be plugged into a **power strip**?
And the reason for that is that some appliances use a lot of power, near the limit of what is available on a normal household circuit, and only one such device should be plugged in at a time. Another reason is to prevent long cords from accidentally getting snagged and pulling a heavy and hot appliance off of the counter.
Power strips defeat both of those constraints.
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