Electrical Safety – Don’t overload your sockets!

Most people have extension leads in their homes, using 4-way bar adaptors to increase the number of appliances that they can plug into a wall socket.

However, although there is space to plug in four appliances, this does not mean it is always safe to do so.
There is a ton of advice over on the Electrical Safety First website they have even created an overload calculator (below) to check if you’re exceeding the maximum load