Re: Use of Extension Cord
- From: "Peter Hucker" <no@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:47:41 -0000
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:56:58 -0000, ehsjr <ehsjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter Hucker wrote:On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:55:03 -0000, Terry <tsanford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<littleboyblu87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1132296526.524082.28640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there a specific reason why the instructions of some electrical appliances say not to use an extension cord? Some appliances that I can think of are a vaporizer, warm mist humidifier, some TVs, VCRs, and telephones.
Since the poster specifically mentions devices which do not take 'heavy amounts' of electric current my suggested answer would be 'For safety'; since there could be danger of tripping on the wire and/or pulling over an electrical device in say a child's or adult's bedroom, thus spilling water (possibly hot?) in the presence of electricity. A possibly lethal combination! Check life insurance policies; standing in wet slippers or bare feet on a water soaked floor/carpet trying to clean up a broken electric device is not recommended! Also many people have no understanding of electricity and quite blithely will plug a 'heavy' electrical using device such as a 1200 watt microwave into an extension cord designed for, at best, a few small Christmas tree lights and then wonder why the extension cord melts/catches fire and burns the house down.
Am I to assume here that US electrical cords are terrible compared to UK ones? All UK extension cords are rated at 13 amps (for 3kW devices) and have a 13 amp fuse in the plug so you cannot overload them. I assume in the US this would be 26 amps (ouch! THICK wire!).
Check house insurance. Although the insurance company might deem that kind of cause 'negligence' by the policy !
I don't think I've ever read any instructions, fineprint, terms and conditions, or policies in my life. I have more important and/or more interesting things to do with my time!
Another mistake can be plugging too many devices into the one extension cord, not of adequate rating/size to carry the total amount of electric current!
Er..... FUSE anyone? Don't tell me they have unfused extension cords in the US? And I thought you chose 110 volts for SAFETY......
All seems rather too obvious to ask? But I've seen some horrors!
I've been electrocuted 6 times at proper mains voltage (240, not your pansy 110), and I'm still alive.
One is not "still alive" after being electrocuted. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=electrocute
Or are you talking about reincarnation?
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