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ya, its called a Circuit Breaker

i could swear that a standard cuirciut breaker in canada was rated for 15 amps.. for whatever series of plugs was on that cuircuit. Plugging all those things into one bar cant be safe.

and i thought my daisy-chaining was excessive.

lizard, that is correct, a standard Circuit Breaker in Canada is 15amps, but you can get 20, 25, 30, and up

Also, note that even though you may have everything turned on it will not always be drawing the rated current. For example, your speakers will be drawing the maximum current when the volume on them is maxed out only. Even then I can't understand how they claim to draw so much current besides the PC, Monitor, TV and Speakers the rest seemingly should draw a minimum current; my Altec Lansings draw a maximum current of 2A. So I don't understand how they can draw so much. And if indeed they are you should be able to feel it by touching the lead going to the main as it should heat up quite substantially.

On that note your second power board forms a loop in the picture. This is a major no-no, when wire is looped like that it forms an induction coil which might be causing your strange problems.

Just thought it through a bit more thoroughly:
It probably has to do with the power in the UK being 110V (AUS being 240V) but that still doesn't fit into my rudimentary High School physics formula V=IR, if resistance is constant then halving Voltage should halve Current. Somebody with better physics knowledge might be able to explain.

uk is 220-240v, north america is 110-120v

The number of amps written means the number of amps needed to turn on the object. That your tv uses i dunno.. a peak of 5 amps when turned on,   the amps needed  to work when it is already on will be less than the peak (max amps used to turn on).
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Good point damm-o your quite right when u turn something on it does draw more current. You can try this by plugging in a light then switching on a high power device, the light should dim for a fraction of a second.

edit: Just noticed Saints Deathrig Version 2 now that is some dangerous stuff... notice the mass of coiled up leads. If that were to have a large current through it I think it would get very hot.

Do you people not have more than one outlet in you room? o.O

What did you use to measure the number of amps currently in use?

Like with Shawnz, I have 2x 6 power boards here over at my computer, then another 6 plug powerboard over on my desk to power everything. I do not exceed 10 amps.

Standard housing circuits (well the wires) are designed to carry max 15 amps at full load (they say 10, but the majority will handle more than that). The reason why you do get circuit breakers of higher than that is because of each individual wire can carry that amount (though I VERY MUCH doubt, you have anything higher than a 20 amp circuit breaker - apart from maybe an oven).

Simple rule is, he isn't using 27 amps of power. What you listed wouldn't add up to more than 10. Things like external HDD's with transformers, clocks,  and possibly the modem wouldn't even use 1 amp combined.

Try this:
- Laptop
- Main PC
- Linux Server
- CRT Monitor
- Speakers
- TV
- Desk Lamp
-External HDD
- Home phones
- Printer
- Misc stuff.

Then on the other side of the room (same circuit):
- Windows server
- Home theatre amp
- 15" LCD
- Network switch
- Wireless access point
- Mobile phone charger.

That is all on the one circuit, nothing is overloaded - oh also, I share a common circuit with the study part of our house as well as one of my brothers.

if you really wanna know you should get something like a kill-a-watt and then monitor your desk cuircuits and stuff. i'm not sure if that will work with the uk-style plugs thoug.