Surgeprotector Question. What happened?

[johnj]

Hello,

I had about four items plugged into the surgeprotector. Only one item on. The breaker is 15 amp? I am not sure on the terminology since I am new at this. Anyway, I plugged a desk lamp (was turned off) into the surgeprotector and the surgeprotector blew and the breaker went off. The Surgeprotector is an APC unit, about $50 retail. I smell a burning smell on the surgeprotector. I guess it is toast. Now the AC's breaker went off as well. 20 amp I plugged another surgeprotector in and everything is working fine again. The surgeprotector was on when I plugged the lamp in.

-What happened, in electrical terms?

-Should the surgeprotector have been off before plugging anything into it? I plugged the lamp into the "always on" plug on the surgeprotector.

-Is the lamp bad?

JJ

[JoeM]

A regular desk lamp in working order should not cause any problem. Does the lamp work in the substituted surgeprotector. There may be an intermittant short in the lamp.

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