In 2018 we posted an article addressing whether it was OK to daisy chain desks from one power strip to another safely. The thinking being that there could be a perceived danger in loading too much current on to the circuit.
It was one of our post popular posts with over 5000 people accessing it over a 5 year period.
It is now 2024 and we thought an update was due. Both because things have changed and we have also been able to measure more precisely the current that these circuits are drawing.
So have a look at our 3d representation of a desk below. You can click on the orange hotspots to see what the individual devices draw. The numbers are the max amps. Basically when they are at rest they draw next to no current. Also when a stand sit desk isn't changing position it is at rest and draws virtually no current. So treat these numbers as the absolute max.
At Powercore, we then daisy chain the power strips along the row of desks making sure to leave enough slack to allow the desks to move up and down.
The cumulative total of the current drawn on the circuit is (1.87A x the number of desks). WE normally will chain 3 x desks before connecting into a 10 AMP wall socket. By organising cabling in this manner we avoid the need for expensive 20 AMP connectors and wall sockets.
We rarely find ourselves in a situation where we need to connect more than 3 desks in this way but in the event that we needed/wanted to connect 4 to 5 desks - there is still insufficient on the final power strip in the circuit to trip it
There is nothing to stop you doing this yourself. We sell the Listo cable trays (shown above) pre-fitted with power strips. They require only 4 screws to fit to the desk. The power strips are fitted with 1 m cords so you may need to fit extension cords if the desktop is large.
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