Comment on Why is daisychaining multiple extension cords considered unsafe, even if only done to the length of a standard cable?

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brown567@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The coil wouldn’t make a significant magnetic field because the cable has two wires with opposite current flow in close proximity

But when the cable is coiled, its ability to dissipate heat is less, so normal resistive heating can create higher temperatures

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