Too many devices for one outlet?

belmont77

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I have two outlets (each with two plugs) in a bedroom of my house. I'm going to be grounding them and replacing them with outlets with 3-prong plugs. One caveat is that I have an AC that needs to be in a plug by itself, otherwise if I have a surge protector in the same outlet (different plug obv), I can't be running too many more devices when the AC is running.

Anyhow, so I have 6 devices (PS3, PS4, XBox One, a Wii U, a Samsung Tv, and a Vizio Soundbar) in the surge protector that's currently going into the outlet where the AC will be.

I was thinking about moving those 6 devices into a 12 outlet surge protector on the opposite wall, with my computer (300W-400W computer, nothing fancy), my router and modem plugged into it.

Is it safe to have 9+ devices in one surge protector plugged into one outlet? I won't be running all of the devices at once, but it's not uncommon for me to have a game console, my computer, my router, my modem, my tv, and my soundbar on all at once - and I don't know if that's too much power for one outlet? I won't have all the devices running at once, because I don't have multiple tvs for the multiple consoles (and it's not a large room), but it's still common for them to be running on low power to download patches, updates, and game data (along with backing up saves to the cloud).
 
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Assuming this is in a residence in the USA using a 120V AC outlets...

(1) As long as the outlet is protected by a circuit breaker or fuse sized correctly for the wiring that is feeding the outlet and the outlet is of the proper wattage, you can plug as many things as you want into the surge protector/power strip.
(Minimum... wire size: #14 AWG, outlet wattage: 1500W, Circuit protection: 15 amp)

(2) If both bedroom outlets are on the same circuit though, you are not going to gain anything. The circuit protection for that line will trip when over-loaded anyway.

Btw... changing from 2-wire outlets to 3-wire outlets won't do any good unless the electrical cable contains a ground wire, or the outlet box is piped in metal conduit...
Assuming this is in a residence in the USA using a 120V AC outlets...

(1) As long as the outlet is protected by a circuit breaker or fuse sized correctly for the wiring that is feeding the outlet and the outlet is of the proper wattage, you can plug as many things as you want into the surge protector/power strip.
(Minimum... wire size: #14 AWG, outlet wattage: 1500W, Circuit protection: 15 amp)

(2) If both bedroom outlets are on the same circuit though, you are not going to gain anything. The circuit protection for that line will trip when over-loaded anyway.

Btw... changing from 2-wire outlets to 3-wire outlets won't do any good unless the electrical cable contains a ground wire, or the outlet box is piped in metal conduit grounded at the electrical panel.
 
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