How Do You Supply Power to Your Aquarium?

[BettaPirate]

I have a power strip with my tv, cable box, printer, air pump, led light, desk lamp. and sometimes my laptop and it's never been an issue

[Solaris]

Thanks for putting my mind at ease everyone! A power strip it is!

[Kithy]

Originally Posted by Solaris

Thanks for putting my mind at ease everyone! A power strip it is!

Make sure it has a surge protector (think they're all standard but just in case...).

[Reefing Madness]

Originally Posted by callistra

Power strip with surge protector. I'd never plug anything connected to my aquarium directly into the wall. I have the heater, filter, and light hood on it. On another outlet/strip I have two heaters and an air pump.

Theres no differnece between plugging in your equipment into a powerstrip or the wall, none. The strip protects an incoming surge, not an outgoing.
GFCI is the only way to protect your equipment and your house from anything happening.

[Sena Hansler]

There are the inexpensive surge "protectors" and at Staples, where I work, we never even recommend them for anything of importance. There is equal chance of frying let's say...a laptop plugged into the wall, and into those cheapy things.