Understanding to the need for multiple power points in day to day life leads to the introduction of power strips. Basically, a power strip is a ceramic or a plastic board that holds multiple sockets to plug in various different appliances. One main power supply feed all the appliances connected to it.

Present is an age when electrical appliances have become an indispensable part of our lives. Since we need to use multiple appliances at a single place like entertainment room, kitchens etc but we have limited number of power points so power strip serve the purpose more suitably.

Power strips are very simple in construction. Inside the power strips, all the sockets are connected in parallel so as to avoid variation in voltages in different points. Also, the other part of the circuitry is very simple and basic.

Other than providing multiple plugs, these also serve the device with the fuse to save your appliances from sudden fluctuations. If somehow a fault occurs it protects the costly appliances connected to it from getting damaged. Moreover, these also consist of RF filters to smoothen the incoming voltage.

Power strips with 5 to 7 sockets and one switch has become quite outdated. Now, you can find those with as much number of switches as sockets are there. This benefit the user to switch off the desired device rather that doing same for rest of the appliances connected to the device.

Depending upon the size required by the users and the appliance’s power rating, there are plenty of such devices available. At the back side of every model, manufacturers provide the specification of that device.

Power strips are must for a computer to work unobstructed. As known, a computer along with a monitor and a CPU also consists of many more electric types of equipment like audio- video devices, modem. Hence, the need for multi plugs cannot be overlooked.

Other areas where the device finds its application is lighting system, multi mobile charging ports, heavy electrical appliances, laboratories etc. All these appliances demand for multi plugs and hence power strips are used.

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