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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
@cpsc.gov

Space heaters draw a lot of power. Most power strips are not designed to handle the amount of power a space heater needs. Power strips can get overloaded, meltdown, and cause a fire. Always best to plug your space heater directly into the wall.

Sleeplessone
@sleeplessone.com

Yeah, we did a lot of checking before getting one for our portable AC unit to be able to run it off the downstairs circuit because they apartment put the entire upstairs on a single 15A circuit. And 2 gaming systems + AC = tripped breaker. And we still regularly inspect the cord just to be sure.

MegaForte84
@megaforte84.bsky.social

Also a lot of small kitchen appliances. You can technically buy equipment designed to power heavy-draw devices at longer distances, BUT you pay more and you're taking the risk it isn't legit. I *still* feel weird enough trading OEM-from-box identical except length cables between my Instant Pots.