Thread Number: 40885
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
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Post# 434267 , Reply# 1   10/27/2020 at 00:44 (1,248 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 434269 , Reply# 2   10/27/2020 at 00:47 (1,248 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 436940 , Reply# 4   12/31/2020 at 09:35 (1,183 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I assume you were running a heater off of this? That’s something you just can’t really do on an extension cord, even one rated properly. The issue is there will always be voltage drop in the cord, unless it has EXTREMELY thick wires. This voltage drop causes the heater to try and draw more current than it has available, this then causes heat to build up. It has absolutely nothing to do with the cord being inferior quality or a low grade plug, it’s just not safe at all to run a space heater off of an extension cord, the ONLY safe way to do it is right from the wall socket. Heaters demand a LOT of current for a long, sustained period, and that is really too much to ask of an extension cord and a plug end like this.
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Post# 436954 , Reply# 5   12/31/2020 at 13:41 (1,183 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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