uis@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
On a scale from “smoking 20 packs of cigarettes a day” to “stubbing your toe on a really heavy piece of furniture”, how dangerous would you subjectively rate daisy chaining extension cords
As dangerous as one extension cord of their combined length. Don’t forget to verify that every cord is below load rating.
AND NEVER COIL OR THERMALY INSULATE! Cords rely on convection for heat dissipation, and spooling and insulating reduces it, thus increasing insulation temperature until it melts and spontaneously combusts. This applies to extension cords in general.
tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because this is the Internet, I’ll be pedantic and say the interface where each cord plugs into the next probably adds some resistance as well.
So, 50 cords 1 ft each plugged into each other would have a higher resistance than the same wire at a single 50ft length.
I doubt it really matters in the practical terms of your answer and the question being asked though.
uis@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
*insert technically correct*