Comment on Why is daisychaining multiple extension cords considered unsafe, even if only done to the length of a standard cable?
It doesn’t make sense. Temperature difference does not depends on length.
Adding length creates more resistance which creates more heat. Thinner conductors can’t handle it as well.
And more surface area for heat dissipation. lemm.ee/comment/17115060
TIL. Maybe I was conflating daisy-chaining power strips with extension cords and came up with that as a reason it was bad.
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lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Adding length creates more resistance which creates more heat. Thinner conductors can’t handle it as well.
uis@lemm.ee 1 week ago
And more surface area for heat dissipation. lemm.ee/comment/17115060
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 week ago
TIL. Maybe I was conflating daisy-chaining power strips with extension cords and came up with that as a reason it was bad.
waz@feddit.uk 1 week ago
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