Does an extension cord added to a surge protector use more power than a long corded surge protector?
Posted January 11th, 2010 by admin 3 Comments »
penyak asked:
The guy at Best Buy this afternoon told me that an extension cord results in wasted energy and it was better to buy a surge protector with a long cable (more expensive) rather than hook up an extension cord to a surge protector with a short cable (less expensive option). Assume the total cable length is the same. He didn’t hide the fact that he wasn’t sure of his physics but to me it just doesn’t work.
The guy at Best Buy this afternoon told me that an extension cord results in wasted energy and it was better to buy a surge protector with a long cable (more expensive) rather than hook up an extension cord to a surge protector with a short cable (less expensive option). Assume the total cable length is the same. He didn’t hide the fact that he wasn’t sure of his physics but to me it just doesn’t work.