Flickering red light

LightFlare

Have you tried the surge protector in another socket with different appliances?

Does the light still flicker then?

It may be a fault with the whole thing, the bulb, your wiring or just a flickering bulb (no doubt other possible causes)

I was always advised to have the PC plugged i nto an entirely different block than the other devices

Grenage

Those LEDs often flicker, not a concern in itself.  Those cube expanders are a total liability though.

BarelySentientAI

ThisIsWeird said:

cherry76 said:

Sorry for the confusion, the cube with 3 plugs and one by the side are in the kitchen. The second one with multi plug is plugged in main socket in my bedroom for computer, printer and a few others. 

Why did you show us two completely different setups, when enquiring only about one?
But, good that you have,....

They did ask two different questions - very confusingly, but they did.

1.  Flickering red light when I switch computer on. Shall I be concerned?

2.  Been advised not to use cube for extension.  Thoughts pl!

As you say, lucky they did though, because the second one is far more concerning than the first.  Don't put three 10A devices in a 13A rated adaptor, particularly when it's likely more than one will be used simultaneously.

ThisIsWeird

BarelySentientAI said:

ThisIsWeird said:

cherry76 said:

Sorry for the confusion, the cube with 3 plugs and one by the side are in the kitchen. The second one with multi plug is plugged in main socket in my bedroom for computer, printer and a few others. 

Why did you show us two completely different setups, when enquiring only about one?
But, good that you have,....

They did ask two different questions - very confusingly, but they did.

1.  Flickering red light when I switch computer on. Shall I be concerned?

2.  Been advised not to use cube for extension.  Thoughts pl!

As you say, lucky they did though, because the second one is far more concerning than the first.  Don't put three 10A devices in a 13A rated adaptor, particularly when it's likely more than one will be used simultaneously.

Oops, thanks, missed that :-)

Ectophile

Grenage said:

Those LEDs often flicker, not a concern in itself.  Those cube expanders are a total liability though.

They are even more likely to flicker if they are neons, not LEDs!

Grenage

Ectophile said:

Grenage said:

Those LEDs often flicker, not a concern in itself.  Those cube expanders are a total liability though.

They are even more likely to flicker if they are neons, not LEDs!

That too!

cherry76

ThisIsWeird said:

BarelySentientAI said:

ThisIsWeird said:

cherry76 said:

Sorry for the confusion, the cube with 3 plugs and one by the side are in the kitchen. The second one with multi plug is plugged in main socket in my bedroom for computer, printer and a few others. 

Why did you show us two completely different setups, when enquiring only about one?
But, good that you have,....

They did ask two different questions - very confusingly, but they did.

1.  Flickering red light when I switch computer on. Shall I be concerned?

2.  Been advised not to use cube for extension.  Thoughts pl!

As you say, lucky they did though, because the second one is far more concerning than the first.  Don't put three 10A devices in a 13A rated adaptor, particularly when it's likely more than one will be used simultaneously.

Oops, thanks, missed that :-)

This is the new set up, have got rid of the cubes.

BarelySentientAI

That's still three high-power appliances into a single extension though, isn't it?

Doesn't really fix the problem.

cherry76

BarelySentientAI said:

That's still three high-power appliances into a single extension though, isn't it?

Doesn't really fix the problem.

They are not used at the same time. The other option is to plug and unplug after each use.

ThisIsWeird

cherry76 said:

This is the new set up, have got rid of the cubes.

Oooohhhh maaa gaaaawd.