Power protecting Lab Equipment

redgoblin

I was wondering what do most people use for protecting their lab equipment. The problem I have, is that currently I have about 12 networking devices (routers, switches, isdn sim etc) and the equipment is growing fast!. To protect this, I currently use a Belkin Surge protector tower which protects against 10 devices - but I dare not power them all on at the same time in case it overloads the socket! I'm not really sure if this kind of protection is suitable.

Given the equipment I have, what would you guys advise as to how I should protect the equipment without worrying about overloading the amps. I've briefly looked into UPS devices, but they have only a few outlets where you can plug the devices into??

MrfixitRight

Well, this on only has 11, but it will protect your equipment. Not a tower though.

http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=176

This one says it has 12 outlets, but the pic only shows 6.?

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?summary=summary&techSpecs=techSpecs&currentTab=features&custRatings=custRatings&features=features&accessories=accessories&productId=2255834&support=support&tab=summary

There may be more out there, just have to look. Hope this helps.

Rearden

Do Cisco routers/switches draw a lot of juice? I'll be living in an oldish house this summer and I'm a bit concerned with all of my PCs and now adding 6 or 7 pieces of gear on top of that.

Darthn3ss

according to my routers powersupply (2620) it draws 47watts.

edit: thanks for that radio shack link. i'm going to pick one up when i finally get my rack built.