Good ambient lighting lets you enjoy your backyard well into the evenings. Extension cords are unsightly and create trip ...

Greening Michigan by felling dead hardwood trees for firewood and burning it in our high-efficiency home-heating fireplace, ...

If you've seen a power cord with two male ends, you may have just thought it was an oddity. But this so-called suicide cable ...

Although toasters are smaller kitchen appliances, they use a lot of energy and can also pose a fire threat if connected to an extension cord. Toaster ovens need even more power to operate with wattage ...

Standard American outlets have at least two slots. The left slot is the neutral slot, and the right slot is the hot slot.

A totaled SUV was towed from the intersection of S.C. 170 and S.C. 462 after crashing into a power pole Wednesday afternoon, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers briefly ...

Newsweek Sports' Noah Camras ranked the Halos at No. 17 in the latest MLB Power Rankings, and that was when the team had a .500 record. The last 14 games have been atrocious for the Angels lineup ...

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incidents involving electrical equipment, such as extension cords, outlets and light bulbs, "result in more than 41,000 residential fires that claim about 350 lives and cause over 1,400 injuries." ...

"High-wattage appliances draw more power than extension cords are typically rated for," says Worthington. He recommends plugging these types of appliances directly into a wall outlet. Don't use an ...