bbqinthecity
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I just started a small bbq catering company. We are serving BBQ at several festivals this summer. Some of these festivals charge us a flat rate for electricity, while some charge per 2 110V Outlets. I have 4 food warmers I need to plug in, all 110V - 10A - 1200 Watts. I also have a chest freezer to plug in that is 110V.
I am quite handy, I have just never had a reason to get into electronics until now. My question is, assuming the festival organizers just run the 2 outlet box to my booth space, can I get away with plugging these items into a power strip, or box, and get away with using only two 110V outputs? I pay per 2 110V outputs, so I was thinking I could mask the (wires of) 4 warmers by leading them into a box (using a wire loom to group the 4 wires), and then it would be 1 output - and the freezer can be plugged in on its own.
Are there dangers associated with this? Are there fuses I should use? Will this hinder their system if they are expecting 2 plugged in items, and there are 5 (that may seem like a silly question, I don't know)? The power they use is not from a generator, but drawn locally, and then brought to each vendor via extension cord/power box via 2 110V socket output boxes.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am quite handy, I have just never had a reason to get into electronics until now. My question is, assuming the festival organizers just run the 2 outlet box to my booth space, can I get away with plugging these items into a power strip, or box, and get away with using only two 110V outputs? I pay per 2 110V outputs, so I was thinking I could mask the (wires of) 4 warmers by leading them into a box (using a wire loom to group the 4 wires), and then it would be 1 output - and the freezer can be plugged in on its own.
Are there dangers associated with this? Are there fuses I should use? Will this hinder their system if they are expecting 2 plugged in items, and there are 5 (that may seem like a silly question, I don't know)? The power they use is not from a generator, but drawn locally, and then brought to each vendor via extension cord/power box via 2 110V socket output boxes.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.