{"id":14229,"date":"2026-04-14T00:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14229"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:11:33","slug":"9-devices-you-shouldnver-plug-into-a-power-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14229","title":{"rendered":"9 devices you shouldnver plug into a  power strip"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"m4f4n5\" data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"182\"><strong data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"128\">Refrigerator<\/strong> \u2013 needs a dedicated outlet due to constant cycling.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"14lt1xs\" data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"244\"><strong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"199\">Microwave<\/strong> \u2013 high wattage can easily overload strips.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"14jz428\" data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"312\"><strong data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"264\">Space heater<\/strong> \u2013 one of the biggest fire hazards on a strip.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1fn4gdm\" data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"381\"><strong data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"335\">Air conditioner<\/strong> \u2013 draws heavy power, especially on startup.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"3oo3iq\" data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"446\"><strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"411\">Toaster \/ toaster oven<\/strong> \u2013 high heat = high current draw.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1wd795z\" data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"506\"><strong data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"466\">Coffee maker<\/strong> \u2013 similar high-power heating element.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1k0jny6\" data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"563\"><strong data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"540\">Hair dryer \/ styling tools<\/strong> \u2013 very high wattage.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"15ff2gw\" data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"636\"><strong data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"607\">Another power strip (daisy chaining)<\/strong> \u2013 increases overload risk.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1fd9dw6\" data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"705\"><strong data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"673\">Sump pump or heavy-duty tools<\/strong> \u2013 require stable, direct power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Refrigerator \u2013 needs a dedicated outlet due to constant cycling. Microwave \u2013 high wattage can easily overload strips. Space heater \u2013 one of the biggest <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14229\" title=\"9 devices you shouldnver plug into a  power strip\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14231,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229\/revisions\/14231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}