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holstein13
Explorer
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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StarkNaked
Explorer II
Nov 09, 2015
Inductive... No. Fire... probably not.

But....... I do have a plastic cord reel that my brother gave me that he overheated by not un-coiling the cord. It has clearly defined melt marks on the inside of the spool where the cord got hot enough to start melting the plastic reel.

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