I tend to agree Trumpy. Some of these things do seem to be inviting disaster.
I would like to see more of them fitted with MCB protection, instead of fuses.
The huge ones, used ostensibly for IT/entertainment equipment, are a disaster waiting to happen as they become more and more available in the shops.
Banning them? This would be ideal - but I don't know how easily one could justify it... I have a six-way under my PC, and each way is in use. It is plugged into a twin 13A socket - the desk-lamp is in the other half. To fit seven sockets ( or four doubles anyway ) would be a bit of an eyesore if I ever decided to move the PC station!
I guess we have to fall back on good ol' common sense - and put out the inevitable fires... Don't really know what other solution there is to be honest...
