It's easy to plug too many devices into too few sockets, particularly when using extension leads and USB ports. Here's how to plug in devices and charge phones and laptops safely Overloading your plug ...

A couple of Saturdays back, I was doing some work in the garden with a lawnmower plugged into an extension cable ... To ...

Households are brimming with electronic gadgets these days - and while it might be tempting to plug an extension cable into another to maximise the number of outlets, this is dangerous.