I wish you reviewed a high quality PDU that had individual switched like the cheap one. That’s what I’m looking for

Appreciate your teardowns and explanations. I'm due to order a PDU for my rack and this helped me out quite a bit.

That screwdriver was trying to escape! FYI, I always enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.

Wow, you do a thorough hell of a comparison. I was getting ready to buy the Technical Pro PDU for my rack of tube driven guitar amps. The fire hazard part sorta caught my attention! New sub here, thanks! 🔥

You spared me a frustrating weekend with this review. Because of it I made the slightly more expensive choice. If there is any question of the extra expense, I will share your video with my wife. Thanks!!

Where did you get the print out of wire gauge size? Do you have a link for this?

what kind of PDU would I need to get if I wanted to run 10 or more 1600w ASIC miners on 220v (UK plug)?

Very helpful video. It convinced me to purchase the CyberPower for my multi subwoofer setup in my home theatre.

Great video, all I use for my test equipment and my communications gear is CyberPower and I never have issues with RFI and EMI.

So, if you've already got a cheap power strip like this, if you swap out the fuse and upgrade the wire to 12 gauge - will that fix everything?

As Dave Jones always says... " Dont plug it in, take it apart!" lol just bought mine.I plan on stripping it down and rebuilding it. its a shame no one makes a PSU with blue neons. Thanks for the tear down.

Thanks. Was about to buy a Furman but didn’t wanna pay the price because it is not something I always need as I have a lot of 20, 30 & 50a in my power distro. But sometimes I am in venues where their lights need to go into my power distro and I don’t have enough outlets. Saw this but I was skeptical. You are awesome, ordering now

Thanks for doing this video. The one I bought for evaluation has a directly connected power cord. But it also claimed to have an internal RFI/EMI filter, which it does not.

Never even seen a PDU before. Thanks for the video.

I love your opinion of Stellar Labs 8 Switched Outlet Rack Mount Outlet Strip, I really what the individual power switches

I need 4 PDU's. thanks for this video. I had been looking at the technical pro ps9u on amazon....NOT anymore....

Hi there mister, do you know any power strip rated for 100-230V?

Good technical information! I like the humorous ending! Thanks for not swearing too much in this video 😄

I understand the reason why (you have a personal and professional life) but holy crap do I miss your videos.

Can I hook up my AC and tv etc on this?

What about the Surg9 model?

Just came across your reviews today as I looked for some tests of some power surge protectors. Nice to see someone else pull them apart and do a review which saves me some time and money! FWI - I was in the Army as a MW radio tech dealing with high power transmitters (50KW+) then 30+ years w/AT&T as a MW, television & audio tech plus doing live sound & lighting production on the side before LED lighting became a bit thing so some of our light loads were very high so we had to be very mindful of current demands. Your first power strip there was definitely a piece of crap that shouldn't even be for sale to anyone. I see the first strip has a CE marking which is likely bogus. I see some of the cheap (dangerous) products coming from China that have a CE or even a UL or ISO rating which is counterfeit since the products certainly don't meet any standards. At least some China makers will say that their products are "Not rated," (NR) so people need to beware of the fact.

I purchased one of these simply to evaluate it. This is not something which is designed for your expensive equipment. On Amazon this was advertised as having an RFI/EMI filter, and it goes on to describe how this is a must have for your expensive equipment. This is true, but when I disassembled this for inspection, there was no such filtering. The USB charge port does talk to your phone and sets it to fast charge, however, when it did this, the internal charger created much more RF noise than the Samsung charger which came with my phone. This was evident when I watched my HF ham radio while on the 160-meter band. The power cord was soldered directly to the board and to the fuse holder. All of these power cord connections were grey, indication cold solder joints. The ground wire throughout this switch-box is very thin. The power cord is undersized. The box and paperwork which came with the unit didn't say anything about filtering, that was only in the advertisement. So buyer beware.

The Rockville branded version of this Technical Pro PS9U does not have a detachable power cable and the rack ears are part of the front panel (at least from the pictures online), but I bet it's the same internally. Interesting. Great video!

was just about to purchase this item ,,but thank god i saw this review

I would love to see a Furman PL Plus ... I'm tempted to open mine just to see what's in there.

After seeing this review, I decided to return my order of this product. I bought it on ebay.

The burning plastic smell is also coming from that Kill-A-Watt meter. They are not rated to pull 15a consistently and mine has melted in the past.

You can also get equipment with bad wired power cords. The have the wires crossed from where you plug into the wall to the other end. So the neutral goes to the live on the other end. So in the end the neutral wire is what gets fused. The first unit I would not use at all for anything.

This is an old video, so probably don't need to mention this as you might already know, or know by now. But at around 11:00 you want to aim a bit higher than the laser as the beam that measures the temperature is below that especially at very short distances. Was hard to tell if you were aiming correctly, you probably were and I'm just throwing out pointless words at something you probably did correctly. Anyway... Was a fun watch and very informative even though I came across this completely randomly.

That sucks. I specifically want the switches! I do music and i want to turn on equipment with the switches.

Actually paused this vid to run into the living room screaming NOOOOOOO the entire way to lQQk at my brand spanking new PDU. Well I'll be damned, I just replaced my last PDU with this POS only hours ago. Great, just FKin' great! XD Nice video dude, you actually made pissing away $40 somewhat bearable.

That ground should be at least 12AWG or even better 10 AWG and solid copper.

FYI, impedance on Aluminum is greater so you have to have larger aluminum wire (lower gauge) to meet the same spec as copper. IE, x2, so with how thin everything is on that thing it's basically wired to be a USB charger and nothing else, if even that.

I thought you were about to add water

Isn't it technically 10A @600 Volts? Since we are running this at 120V, the actual amperage tolerance should be higher?

2:21 that’s called an IEC cord

Why do I see the bullsh*t home depot extension ?

Subbed!!!!!!

Yea 15 amps needs to have at least a 14 awg wire. That's so unsafe.. I'm thinking of buying one and switching out all the wire to the correct size. Like most people I want it for the blue switches

I was almost going to buy this one, until I saw this video.

I wonder if even that CE certification is real, or fraudulent on the Technical Pro....

PS. Love the ending.

Actually that ISO plug is only rated for 10A, so the cable (I assume it's stranded) of 18 AWG is just enough for it. IIRC, ISO connectors are rated for continuous current, while US circuits are rated for maximum current. A 15A circuit is only good for 12 continuous Amps. Now the difference between 10 and 12 isn't insignificant, and it seems that nobody's checking. My best guess is that the industry in the US (that polices itself) has decided that using a 20A plug might encourage people to put 20A through it? Makes no sense to me, but they just ignore the problem and hope nothing bad happens. Some vendors will upgrade the cable inside the cord to be good for a 15A circuit or better, but won't upgrade the connector. Perhaps someone has determined that the 10A IEC socket/plug can do 15A? If so, they don't want their name beside that claim. Way back when I did rock concerts, I found a lot of scary power distribution setups, and started building my own distribution panels, cables and boxes so I'd be safe. Years later I started taking computers into data centers, and admired how some of them had a PDU about half the size of a full rack, to send power to a whole row of racks. Inside were circuit breakers for each circuit, and remote switching to power on/off one or all circuits if the need arose. I wouldn't call a rack-mount power strip a PDU if it doesn't have some level of automation inside, but I see the analogy.

Isn't it only a fire hazard if the combination of devices plugged into it are anywhere close to 15 amps?

I have the same one except mine is ps92u I've had it for five years I have my stereo hook good I am a surveillance cameras hooked to it cd Player An DVD Player An Xbox hooked to it and had no problems Maybe ps9u Has a problem But I don't know Thanks for telling me anyway Appreciate it👍

Chinese manufacturers cut back on wire gauge to save money all the time.

That frequency change was cringe.

Poor piece of crap :D

Lol if you have three things in one outlet that's why it catch in smoke made for stereo equipment not for heaters I have mine for years

pyle is better

Very helpful