Is it okay to plug a 350w sub into a 4-way surge protector? - Page 2

That's the religious saying but the real story is, the fisherman is doing it for their own good..........................so people will leave them alone and they can get back to fishing.

"There, that's how you tie a fisherman's knot. Now stand way over there, I'm told it's a good place to fish."

3, give or take. The main source of power consumption is the screen, so the draw is pretty much constant, but the 400 watt rating is probably a smidge high.
Amps are a different story, as a 500 watt amp that's only 50% efficient would draw 1000 watts at full power. But amps are seldom run at full power or anything close to it. At average listening levels they usually coast along at 10 to 20 watts.

Oh, goody, the last thing I need to do is, one-by-one, then combined, measure the mains and the center channel. The subs are enough of a challenge to deal with.

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"And what do you do for relaxation?"

"Drive myself crazy with Home Theater sound."

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Oops, sorry, fly-by posting and did not make the connection. I was addressing the "risk of damage" issue he raised, not the level of frustration entailed trying to troubleshoot a ground loop (something I have done many, many times; the annoyance at home is nothing compared to the frustration of spending hours setting up for a live performance and then dealing with a ground loop 1/2 hour before performance! Or during, when the guitar player suddenly decides to move over and switch from pluggin in "here" to "over there" to be closer to the lead singer...)

How thoughtful.

(Sound engineer: face plant.)

LOL