20A power strips / surge strips?

[VirtualLarry]

I'm curious, does anyone make surge bars with 20A plugs on them, rather than 15A?

A relative moved into a place with free electricity, and they have 20A circuits.

I would like to move some of my DC crunchers over there, and want to maximize the number of crunchers per outlet.

 

[XavierMace]

Your standard 3 prong plug is a NEMA 5-15P. 20a PDU's would typically have a NEMA 5-20P on them.

IE: http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-PD...e=UTF8&qid=1371789266&sr=8-1&keywords=20a+pdu

 

[vbuggy]

PDU's aren't surge strips. You will need a UPS back-ending it.

 

[XavierMace]

Correct, but you'll note he said power strip first.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That's the problem. Everything I've seen is for rack-mount systems. Nothing in the consumer space seems to have NEMA 5-20P plugs/outlets.

Edit: I realized that my objective is slightly pointless, because even if the wall outlets are 20A, each wall outlet isn't on it's own circuit, they are probably all wired together, so it won't matter if I spread out the PCs to multiple wall outlets or not, really.

 

[XavierMace]

That was kinda my point. Unless your wall outlet has a 5-20R, it's only a 15a recepticle anyways.

 

[aigomorla]

I use one of these guys to manage my server room.
"12 Outlet L5-20P"

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-PDU...ed+power+strip

These guys are then connected to that top guy:

PDU's aren't surge strips. You will need a UPS back-ending it.

+1 PDU's arent surge strips...

 

[VirtualLarry]

That was kinda my point. Unless your wall outlet has a 5-20R, it's only a 15a recepticle anyways.

The wall outlets do have 20A sockets, that's why I was asking.

 

[mindless1]

I could be wrong but I'm suspecting the occupant might want the ability to still draw a few amps for their own use in that room, that it would be good to only use 15A or less. Find out how the place is wired since you won't want the breaker to trip every time they turn on a hairdryer or microwave, etc.