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Trying not to screw things up worse
If I'm reading the box right, my garage seems to be on its own circuit, but it only has two outlets.
One of the outlets has a 6-outlet power strip plugged into one of the sockets, and plugged into that is a very un-fancy treadmill (this one), an LED shop light, and a small fan or heater (depending on the season, to make running on the treadmill more comfortable). Sometimes a paper shredder or an injet printer will also be plugged into the power strip but will likely not be operated at the same time as the treadmill.
The other outlet has the garage door opener plugged into one socket, and into the other socket is another 6-outlet power strip with a long cord. Plugged into that power strip is another LED shop light and then a circular saw, a router, a table saw, a drill, or a shop vac -- usually only one of these plugged in at a time and almost certainly only one running at a time, not counting the shop light.
The garage door will typically not be operated while any of the equipment is being operated.
Do you think this circuit is overloaded? What would be the easiest/cheapest way to improve this setup for safety/reliability?
One of the outlets has a 6-outlet power strip plugged into one of the sockets, and plugged into that is a very un-fancy treadmill (this one), an LED shop light, and a small fan or heater (depending on the season, to make running on the treadmill more comfortable). Sometimes a paper shredder or an injet printer will also be plugged into the power strip but will likely not be operated at the same time as the treadmill.
The other outlet has the garage door opener plugged into one socket, and into the other socket is another 6-outlet power strip with a long cord. Plugged into that power strip is another LED shop light and then a circular saw, a router, a table saw, a drill, or a shop vac -- usually only one of these plugged in at a time and almost certainly only one running at a time, not counting the shop light.
The garage door will typically not be operated while any of the equipment is being operated.
Do you think this circuit is overloaded? What would be the easiest/cheapest way to improve this setup for safety/reliability?
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