Please help me understand plug socket safety!

[Hedgehoginthefog]

Just had DP's parents to visit us in our new home. DP's dad was horrified by our plug socket set up. Bedroom as example (but other rooms similar): one double socket for the whole room - socket one: extension lead which is used for chargers (so not constantly); socket two: extension lead which has two lamps and then (shock horror!) another extension lead daisy-chained off that which has a TV plugged in and is also used for hairdryer and an electric fan (only one of these on at once).

All extension lead cables are clipped around the walls (mainly under bed etc.) so no trip hazard.

DP's dad thinks we should have a second socket put in as this will be safer. I don't understand this logic. It would be spurred from the existing socket so the load would still all be coming off the same place. Plus, it is not usual to fuse a single spur, so actually the extension leads have more protection because they have surge protection and the plugs are all fused!

He couldn't really justify himself and just kept saying 'it will be safer'.

Any thoughts?

tumbledrier is probably the worst thing in the house for an adaptor or an extension. Not only is it max load, it can run continuously for an hour or more, so plenty of time for plug to overheat.

Don’t get rid of your USB plug chargers though, OP!

I recently bought a Bluetooth speaker - instruction book is insistent that it should only be charged in a 1A socket, not the high-speed 2.1A ones for smart phones etc, & it said specifically not to use the wall-socket type (which are presumably not labelled externally with their output?)

I had to inspect quite a few plugs before I found a 1A one

Goodness at least get an electrician in to quote?

& just for fun - a 1930s hairdryer, with a bayonet plug for connecting to a lampholder

I’m guessing it was a bit less than 2kw