Obviously that WILL NOT do. So we have one of these.
Which OF COURSE will not do. So we have one of these. It is either a "voltage regulator" or a machine that makes a lot of noise. And Yes RLM, we know NOW we should have forked out the extra $40 for the "regulator/suppressor" version :-p
Well, the regulator only has two outlets one that is 110v and one that is 220v. So, of course, we need two power strips.
This is for stuff that just won't handle the 220v power here. My beard trimmer and the Wii, namely.
This is everything else. Most electronics will take 110/220 and 50/60 cycles (check your cord). The computer does both, PDA takes both, portable DVD players take both. More importantly, the TV, DVD player, and router ONLY take 220.
The most interesting thing about our power is that is was running so low before. Like so low that at night our fluorescent lights wouldn't come on. So we asked for them to be taken out and something that didn't just constantly blink to be put in. Instead we got a voltage regulator for the whole house. So, the first day we burned 10 pieces of toast. Since we could now cook it on 1 or 2 instead of 7. Also, when we went to pay the electric bill it went from 168,000 to 256,000 which I didn't pay. Until I realized since all our lights work now the power bill should be higher. I never had that issue with the electric company before.
If you have counted correctly, you saw that we have 8 things plugged into that outlet. Its like Green Acres sort of. And if it makes you feel better, we had the printer unplugged during the photo (and the storms).
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Speaking of Green Acres, I once lived in a little house on a hill down here at Lucas. We had four rooms and a path! Oh, also an enclosed porch where the well was. We heated with coal and wood, but we DID have great electricity! Be careful with all those cords and plug-ins. (p.s. I was not a child, but I was a MUCH younger adult!)
Do you have fire extinguishers in your home...? Please say Yes Aunt Re we do. Looks like an electrical night mare. I hope you did not lose all your shoes to the flood...did you become one with the Mud? I hope things dry out soon. LLL Re
Well, Wii are glad the lightening did not get your computer. Lack of entertainment is one thing but lack of communications!!!??? Now that would be awful. Green Acres? We were thinking more like Gilligan's Island with the little hand crank thingy to make power. That would definitely be safer and good exercise, too.
They do have power strips with surge protection. And most power strips come with an off switch or just unplugging them will protect things plugged into them.
As an addendeum to the previous comment, the electrical engineer said that, I didn't! Love you guys!
HAAAAA! That looks like where we are! All the plugs are different too ~ like one will fit the heater but the other won't. One will take my hair dryer and the other one blows it up, etc.
When we moved in there was one plug per room. We hired an electrician to come in and put one more in each room.
Love following along with you.
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