We’re coming into the time of year when most households will be using more extension cords than usual. There are dozens of rules associated with the proper use of extension cords, but hardly anyone ...

Heavy-duty appliances overload cords, leading to dangerous overheating and fire risks. Appliances over 1,800 watts need a dedicated wall outlet for safety. Daisy-chaining extension cords is a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bunch of cables plugged into an extension cable. Extension cords provide power to devices when their own cable is too short to ...

House fires that start with a single overloaded cord rarely look dramatic at first. A warm plug, a faint plastic smell, a power strip tucked behind a sofa or under a desk, and suddenly a convenience ...

For many of us, extension cords are an essential piece of equipment in our homes. Because you don’t always have an outlet exactly where you need it to run this thing or that device, extension cords ...

Last week, when a British public safety group noted that up to 75 percent of plug-in car owners there had used an extension cord to plug in their cars, we thought the problem was likely more prevalent ...

Extension cords are generally a safe solution for running power to electronics that are too far from the nearest wall outlet. But the operative word here is "electronics," which is not as ...

When in need of an extension cord in the office or at home, it's imperative to know that just because a particular cord is long enough, it's not necessarily the right one for the job. Many erroneously ...

With the ever-increasing number of electronic devices in our households, we are almost always looking for power outlets, either to charge our iPhones, connect computer peripherals, plug in tools, or ...