48" ebay power strips?

[george graves]

Has anyone bought these types of ebay power strips?  They look nice, and price seems reasonable.

Anyone running these in your lab?  Thoughts?  Impressions?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/48-Metal-Power-Strip-with-18-Outlets-Suge-Protected-EPS-4186-/231115861973?pt=US_Surge_Protectors_Power_Strips&hash=item35cf942fd5


http://www.ebay.com/itm/48-12-Outlet-Metal-Rack-Mount-Power-Strip-Surge-Protected-Lighted-Power-Switch-/371003083250?pt=US_Surge_Protectors_Power_Strips&hash=item566181c9f2

[ivan747]

No, but they look very nice.

[nanofrog]

How about a Tripp Lite PS4816 for less money instead?

Amazon or eBay are selling it for the same price ($43.12, incl. shipping).

[edavid]

Here's an awesome deal if you happen to be in Illinois:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111272563041

[bronson]

I have two of these in my shop, appears to be made by the same factory.  $21 ea if you're near a HF:

   http://www.harborfreight.com/12-outlet-super-power-strip-96737.html

It's fine.  Only two complaints: it's kind of chunky to plug things in and out, and the sheet metal frame flexes a when you're plugging/unplugging in the middle.  More money will get you buttery smooth plug/unplug and a solid frame.

Accidentally putting the soldering iron, preheater, and a space heater on the same circuit demonstrated that the circuit breaker works great.

They've served me well for over a year, I say go for it.

[nanofrog]

I have two of these in my shop, appears to be made by the same factory.  $21 ea if you're near a HF:

   http://www.harborfreight.com/12-outlet-super-power-strip-96737.html

Very nice price. 

I'm actually in the market for a 60". HF doesn't carry one that big, and the closest I've been able to locate, is a Tripp Lite PS6020 from Amazon @$47.24 w/ free shipping.

If anyone knows of a 60" unit for less than the Tripp Lite, I'd truly appreciate your help locating one. Thanks.

[wilheldp]

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but does anybody know of a two-outlet power monitor (similar to a Kill-A-Watt, US style, 120 VAC outlets)?  I'd like to put two of the Tripp-Lite, 6 foot, 24 outlet power strips in my lab (which is outlet deficient), but I want to make sure to not have enough stuff active to exceed the 15 amp rating of the power strips, outlet, circuit breaker, and wiring feeding the lab.  Something with remote monitoring would be great, but an alarm or the ability to hack in an alarm would be sufficient.

[aflex]

Hi George,

If you want to buy new power strips in reasonable price. Then you can also go for

1.   www.digikey.com

2.   http://www.lowes.com/Electrical/Extension-Cords-Surge-Protectors/Power-Strips/_/N-1z0yt1l/pl#!

3.   http://www.alliedelec.com/power-products/power-strips/?mkwid=sLEPmI50Z&pcrid=22635721219&pkw=power%20strip&pmt=b&gclid=CI-Ako3ExrwCFYJU4godoT0AEg

Hope they will be of some help to you.

[Dielectric]

I'd shy away from the strip in the OP.  I bought a similar looking one at Menards (US big-box hardware store), and it worked for a while then curiously some of the outlets got flaky.  Then it started making fizzling noises so I retired it Bladerunner-style.

Upon opening it up, I found that the connections were ALL terrible.  The back side of the outlets had fishmouth-shaped prongs, totally exposed.  Bare copper wire ran through them in a bus connection.  The soldering was limited to blobs across the fish-lips that barely made a mechanical connection to the wires, let alone a solid electrical one.  To wit:
  /|@|\
 / |*| \

@ is the solder blob, * is the copper wire.  The triangles are the fishmouth prongs.

Green corrosion covered everything.  I started to try fixing the connections but the corrosion was already too bad.  I wish I had taken pictures to add to the Hall of Shame.

In conclusion, stay with a manufacturer who has something to lose.  Generic China Company does not care and will ship you dangerous garbage.

[Rigby]

Yeah, Menards is definitely trying to become a Harbor Freight, I think.  They're certainly the least expensive of the 3 (Menards, Home Depot, Lowe's) and the quality of their stuff is by far the lowest of the three.