Timeline for Why is it dangerous use a coiled extension cord?
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| Mar 11, 2023 at 20:31 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2021 at 23:41 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | What about those retractable cord reels sold in big box stores rated 10 Amps. By definition mos of their length is retracted most of the time, I've used some of them pretty hard before. I've tripped their own breakers on multiple occasions and never had one melt. Are they just THAT overbuilt that it doesn't happen? The gague isn't any higher than I'd expect. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 23:23 | answer | added | diegogmx | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 21:36 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 7 | |
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| May 11, 2017 at 23:30 | history | protected | W5VO | ||
| Feb 19, 2017 at 17:55 | answer | added | K. Taylor | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 16, 2017 at 19:48 | comment | added | KalleMP | I recommend that this question gets locked (?) as any further answers will be because of overheating, here is a real world example and comments will be such things cannot happen in practice, it is a myth where the reverse is clearly true. | |
| Feb 16, 2017 at 17:45 | answer | added | Martin Winlow | timeline score: 26 | |
| Jan 13, 2017 at 7:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackElectronix/status/819806485081272320 | ||
| Jan 11, 2017 at 1:53 | answer | added | ian | timeline score: 17 | |
| May 5, 2016 at 17:27 | answer | added | Transistor | timeline score: 20 | |
| May 5, 2016 at 16:08 | comment | added | user109176 | Take a shop drop light that recoils, level it retracted in the housing, plug in a large current draw item like a shop heat gun. See what happens. Smoke, melting plastic | |
| Apr 3, 2016 at 2:39 | answer | added | Peter Green | timeline score: 12 | |
| Oct 3, 2015 at 3:39 | vote | accept | Hugoagogo | ||
| Oct 1, 2015 at 2:11 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:54 | answer | added | Kevin White | timeline score: 40 | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:14 | comment | added | efox29 | @Daniel if there was a warning saying not to use an iron on a wet shirt, now THAT would be irony. ba dum dum dissh | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:14 | comment | added | Hugoagogo | I am not concerned from a personal point of view, we have plenty of coiled power cords, that supply power boards in a dust workshop with no issues, it is more a theoretical interest, as to if there is any credit to these warning or if it is a myth | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:13 | comment | added | Daniel | ^ I have seen warnings telling me not to use a hair dryer on wet hair. Irony? | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:08 | comment | added | Matt Young | Don't know your source, but in my experience dealing with fire inspectors, they would rather you sit still in the dark, because in 0.000001% of instances, turning on a light could start a fire. Take such recommendations worth a grain of salt. | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 0:04 | history | asked | Hugoagogo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |