On a volt outlet, is it volts combined, for both female plugs?

Each of my outlets at home have two plugs. My question is, is this volts PER PLUG, or for the entire outlet?

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  • All of the answers appear to be correct, there are set of wires that supply electrical power to an outlet (volts x amps) and in most cases will continue to another outlet in the circuit. Two plugs in each outlet are really for convenience The limiting factor is the size of the wire to the outlet(s) and how long the run is to determine total power available for the circuit. Putting in a larger breaker or fuse can cause an electrical short or possibly a fire due to the wire size being to small to handle the current (amps).

    A word of caution, many older homes will have outlets, especially near windows that have plug and are wired for volts for window A/C units. Don’t confuse them.

  • Not sure what you’re driving at but,

    each outlet there is volts available, from either or both receptacles.

    If it is a correctly wired outlet, the smaller slot is the ‘hot’ and the larger is the ‘neutral’. The round one is the equipment ground.

    hope this answers your question

  • Each outlet has volts. Think of it like water at degrees, it is always degrees regard less of how many faucets are on.

  • If it worked properly, you blew the fuse in your power supply and the rest of the computer is OK. Best case: there’s a fuse inside the supply you need to change. It may even be external, with a little screw-off cover. It’s a cent part, or $ at radio shack. 🙂 Good case: the supply fried itself and needs to be replaced. They’re fairly standard, maybe $ depending on size, and they have a little thing you can set for or . Set it properly! Bad case: the supply fed the voltage through and blew the works.

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  • It’s always per plug, even if you use an extension cord. What gets reduced the more things you plug in isn’t voltage, it’s amperage.

    Electric appliances don’t just need to have enough voltage, they also need to have enough amperage. If you plug too many things into one place, if the combined amperage requirements of these things is more than the total amps that the circuit has, then you will blow the circuit breaker or fuse.

    If it helps, you can think of electricity as being like water: voltage is kind of like pressure, and amperage is kind of like the speed of the flow.

  • Each socket has volts on them. Inside the wall both sockets are linked together and are fed by one single pair of wires.

  • Each outlet will deliver V output. Measure the voltage from the smaller flat slot to the larger flat slot.

  • each outlet will Supply v i don’t matter how many there r it will b the same if u put a socket power board in the out let all will still put out v

  • A simple YES, is the answer!

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