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holstein13
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Nov 08, 2015

Do coiled power cords heat up and cause fires?

I've heard many folks on this forum say that if you leave a power cord coiled up or don't roll it out all the way, it will heat up and could eventually catch fire. This seems extraordinary to me si...
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ryoung
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Nov 09, 2015
For a coiled wire to act as a transformer, the coiled wire would need to be placed in such a way as to have it's magnetic field interact with another conductor.


That is what I was thinking. A primary and a secondary winding make a transformer. Not just a coil of wire.

ryoung

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