Electratrac to the Rescue!

I got an interesting call yesterday from a prospective customer with an extension cord problem. His company offers computer training courses all over the country by sending technicians to a local site and teaching the course in a hotel meeting room. The business is growing fast and they offer seminars all over the country.

One of the most complicated parts of this mobile classroom concept is actually setting up and wiring the computers so that every participant in the class has their own work station. He needed lots of outlets, even though his total power consumption was not all that high.
One of his classes was visited recently by the local fire marshall who threatened to shut the class down because the extension cord arrangement being used did not meet local codes.

He was inquiring about the potential suitability of the Electratrac MultiOutlet cable for this use. I could almost hear his sigh of relief when I assured him that these cables were exactly what he needed and that they would pass the fire marshall’s inspection regimen. They are UL approved, have high quality jackets and meet all codes for temporary wiring.
I suggested that the begin his setup with a 12 gauge cable. If he needs more outlets, he can reduce to a 14 gauge cable as he gets closer to the end of his outlet chain. That saves a little money and weight. Adding additional cables is clean and simple, because each Electratrac Cable has a handy outlet on its end.

If you try this, you will need to do some quick and simple math. Each computer, or other device, will show its power consumption on a tag on the back. You need to total this wattage and convert it to amps to make sure you don’t overload the circuit. Here’s a link to how to do the math.

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