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Question by jbenny1: What is the maximum number of laptops i can run from a single 13a socket?
I have been told that during meetings we are not allowed to link multiway extention leads together to power our laptops and hubs on the meeting room table. I thought that the laptop power adapters only draw a fraction of an amp as do the hubs so therefor you could connect quite a few and still not get to the 13A limit.

To over come this we’ve been told to only connect one multiway adapter to the wall socket, but as the building is quite old it only has a few doulbe sockets so we would have to run the extension leads in from adjecent rooms, Why can’t you buy 6 way extension leads with a 10m or 15m lead?

I now this seems a bit silly but modern health and saftey laws are getting very strict.

By the way the maximum number of laptops and hubs i need to connect would be about 60/70 and at present this is split across 4 double 13A sockets

Any advise welcomed.

Best answer:

Answer by bambamitsdead
Your company is obliged to stick to the line that health and safety lay down. That line is you may not daisychain multiway blocks…

But there is nothing stopping you getting 8-way or 16-way blocks made up with long leads PROVIDING the wiring and fusing is rated to limit it to 13A draw.

Work it out… a laptop is probably under 100watts, you can draw nearly 3Kwatt from a 13A socket… but Health and Safety think you may go plug 30 kettles into your daisychained multiways and cause a fire.

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