View Single Post   #8 (permalink)   Old May 10th, 2011, 05:46 PM
Senior Member Cruise Maniac Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 208
"Unfortunately we can't fix stupid. Far too many people go to
Walmart and purchase those 99 cent made in china power strips
that have no fuses or breakers inside them. They do not even
have copper wires, but some cheap material that burns when
overloaded. Then they manage to plug these strips into the 220
volt power points in their cabins. As soon as they plug a 110
volt appliance into the power strip, the appliance is fried and
the power strip bursts into flames."  There may be some validity
to what you say, Bruce. However, after making a couple of phone
calls to Carnival,at both their 1-800 number and the Guest
Relations number, and talking to three or four people, I think
the answer is a bit simpler than that. While I wasn't able to
find out how many cabins are linked together on a circuit
breaker, or what those circuit breakers are rated for, my guess
would be 30 amps, which is suff