Camping Season is Soon...Please read & heed

They make a plug in GFI (ground fault interrupter) simular to what folks have in their bathrooms. They will trip out fast if water shorts them out before you can get shocked. An outdoor powerstrip does not unless it has GFI. If you plug the GFI into the power and then your exstension cord into the GFI, you are protected. Unless the power strip has GFI or you have it pluged into a GFI you are risk of electric shock if water gets into your tent & into the power strip. I am not sure you can get a power strip with GFI. You can get exstension cords with GFI. They will have a test & reset buttons on the plug end. Outdoor rated powerstips are more weather resistant and better built than indoor but do not provide the protection as a GFI. Some RV hookups have GFI plugs and there are some older hook ups that do not. While we are on safety, exstension cords are rated for load/amps. There are also diferrent gauge cords. Standard 110 wall plugs are rated for 15 amps. As the cord gets longer you have amps lose. So 100 ft 16 gauge cord will be rated at 12 amps. If use more than 12 amps on that cord, it could overheat and cause a fire. As you go down in wire size, the more current the cord is rated for 14, 12 or 10 gauge cords are rated higher than a 16 gauge. So lower the gauge, more amps may pass. As the gauge size gets smaller, the price goes up. For most folks 13 amps in a tent should be plenty unless you plug in a electric heater or an AC unit. There are safety issues to consider with certain electric heaters. Yes I have seen a window AC unit duct taped into the side of a tent. There are plug in power meter that will tell you the amps of the device you are using. Happy & safe camping, Vicki/b>