Using the wrong extension cord can be dangerous. They can melt or overheat and cause a fire, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. To prevent this, it’s important to buy the right ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you regularly use power tools, electric landscaping equipment, or need to power an appliance from a ...

Male-to-male extension cords, sometimes called suicide or widowmaker cords, are dangerous extension cords that can kill or injure you. People sometimes use them during a power outage to feed ...

Which extension cord at Home Depot is best? Whether you don’t have enough outlets in your home or your chargers and other electrical cords don’t extend far enough, extension cords can provide the ...

No matter how many wall outlets you have in your home, chances are there aren’t enough (especially if you've got an older house) and you’re going to need an extension cord or two. And that opens you ...

Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Extension cords have a plethora of uses — as long as those uses revolve around increasing the length of an electronic device's power cord.

There is a reason male-to-male extension cords have been nicknamed "widowmakers" and "suicide cords." "If you put a male into a female socket, the other end of that male is going to be live," Paul ...