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Do You Ventilate Your Power Cords?

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Do we need to?

Simple trick to hide chargers from your bedside table sparks debate | Daily Mail Online


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    Very poor advice in my view and potentially dangerous.

    Very lightly loaded flexible cords produce almost no heat and are most unlikely to overheat. The risk is the multiple plug top power supplies/chargers. These can get warm and placing several in a confined space seems very unwise.


    Other risks include higher loading appliances such as fan heaters, hair dryers, and the like being used and the extension cord overheating. Also still hot curling tongs being put in the draw. Or a hair dryer still plugged in and later accidentally turned on.


    Extension cords are best avoided, and when they are unavoidable should be in plain sight.


    For new or re-wired home, at least two twin sockets should be provided next to the likely bed position, three would be better.
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    broadgage:

    For new or re-wired home, at least two twin sockets should be provided next to the likely bed position, three would be better.


    Three!!! I have a mains powered wireless and a lamp beside my bed. Nothing else is necessary. ?


    By contrast, when I rewired Daughter's house I put in 4 double sockets beside each desk in their wee office at home.


    For my own part, I have a couple of 6-way extension leads and several 2-way adapters. ?


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    Beside my bed  I have two twin sockets, red ones connected to the UPS.

    Cellphone charger.

    Cordless phone base unit.

    Light.

    Radio.


    Dont use an electric blanket. Clock is battery powered.


    Nearby is another twin socket, mains only. In case I wish to use a heater, power tool, or vacuum cleaner.
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    broadgage:

    Beside my bed  I have two twin sockets, red ones connected to the UPS.

    Cellphone charger.

    Cordless phone base unit.

    Light.

    Radio.


    Dont use an electric blanket. Clock is battery powered.


    Nearby is another twin socket, mains only. In case I wish to use a heater, power tool, or vacuum cleaner.


    Presumably the U.P.S. is there to supply the phone in case of a power cut. I advise my customers without a U.P.S. that their cordless phone will not work during a power cut so will be unavailable in an emergency as the base will not be powered. I advise that they buy a cheap basic plug in phone for such emergencies, but most people will hide such away never to be found when urgently needed unless it is permanently plugged in. One customer, being a woman, even tidied away the kitchen fire extinguisher so that its location is not obvious to her or others when urgently needed. Tidiness before safety is a bonkers system


    Z.


     


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