Timeline for Science of Daisy-chaining
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| Feb 26, 2018 at 15:20 | vote | accept | Dannnnnnn | ||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 23:11 | comment | added | niels nielsen | @dmckee, nor am I. I have seen my share of melted outlet strips and will not use one without a circuit breaker in it, and a metal housing. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 18:39 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | More or less. A cord of length $L$ and current rating $I$ is engineered so that the total heating due to both the intended load and the parasitic resistance is safely low. But powering the load requires more and more current as more parasitic load is added, resulting in more heating. Fusing or circuit breakers should protect you, but Underwriters Laboratories, for one, isn't convinced. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 18:22 | comment | added | niels nielsen | @dmckee, is that additional danger from the gauge of the wire being insufficient relative to its length? | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:29 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | It's more than that. There is a danger even if you only plug one load at the end. Which is why it is also dangerous to chain extension cords together. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:24 | vote | accept | Dannnnnnn | ||
| Feb 25, 2018 at 2:24 | |||||
| Feb 25, 2018 at 1:39 | history | answered | niels nielsen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |