smart or stupid? fixing my power strips problems.....

A powerstrip is never made in series in ac circuitry. the powersource is 120Vac and that flow is constant with some variance to the item it is powering. Series couldn't work unless ur items were rated for below 120Vac which is rare for an AC appliance.
Each of those plugs has the ability to carry 15 amps but the suplly wire itself lacks the capbility to supply 15 amps to each plug therefore limiting the total number of amps to the strip to 15.

a 24 plug powerstrip should be fine for you, just add up the amount of current that will be on that strip to ensure that it is below 15amps. If you have 24 appliances at .5 amps a piece then you have 12 amps of current being drawn over the entire strip and would be fine because it is below the 15 amps.

They wouldnt make these size strips if they didnt have a purpose...
 
I use two of those MG, one on a timer for lights, the other plugged straight in for the filters. Works great.
 
I was just on ebay and they have them at a buy it now price of $38.00 plus shipping.
 
I have similar power strips I was given when they closed down one of our data centers..these were used to power racks for servers/switches.
they work great.
 
I thought about going with one of those, but my problem was that one timer would block out 1, 2, maybe 3 outlets.

I went with this:



One per tank. 2 stationary outlets, 6 rotating. Gives me room for 6 timers(if I want).
I've got one per tank.

However, that's because I have the tanks in different rooms. If I had 2 or more tanks in one room, especially next too each other like you have, that long one would be a dream.
 
Thats perfect for a rack of tanks, awesome find.
 
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