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Category Archives: extension cords
This Will Heat Your House, But Only Once
The arrival of cold weather also means the arrival of regular front page news stories about people burning down their houses through improper extension cord use. It doesn’t have to be that way. The use of electric space heaters with … Continue reading
A Good Extension Cord Is Forever
As I began to dig through Christmas decorations in the garage, i was struck by how much I just decided to throw away. Strings of twinkle lights are tough to untangle, almost impossible to fix when a lamp burns out … Continue reading
How Low Will You Go?
When you have a domain like buyextensioncord.com and it includes a toll free telephone number, you get a lot of questions. Taking the time to research customer queries has been a great way to grow our business. Today, we got … Continue reading
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A Seasonal Reminder from Google Alerts
I use the Google Alerts notification system in order to track information about our customers, products and vendors. It’s a great time saver and turns up a lot of unexpected information. One of my alerts is set to the search … Continue reading
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The 20 Amp Extension Cord Mystery
We have a great line of extension cords intended for heavy duty use. They use 12 gauge cable which gives them a 20 amp capacity, but we can’t really call them 20 amp cables because of the connectors that we … Continue reading
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The Extension Cord As An Art Object
I am on the mailing list for a web site called Bestmade.com and enjoy getting their weekly updates. It is run by an artist and product designer named Peter Buchanan-Smith, who has taken practical, but interesting objects, and turned them … Continue reading
Its Gotta Be Black
A good portion of our live event production work involved providing amplification of live television events for audiences. It was exciting work and live television was a real challenge. I loved it. We still occasionally do this sort of work … Continue reading
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Why Does This Device Stay Trapped In The 1950′s?
I was adding some components to our office alarm system yesterday and had to plug in a new outboard power supply (wall wart) to power it. While there was a spare outlet (two, actually) available, the two power supplies already … Continue reading
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Computer Guy, Meet Sound Guy
My experience with using personal computers goes back to the early 1980′s, so I’ve had more than my share of opportunities to set up, take down, reconfigure, and generally wander around computer peripheral cabling. The more I handle this stuff, … Continue reading
Electratrac to the Rescue!
I got an interesting call yesterday from a prospective customer with an extension cord problem. His company offers computer training courses all over the country by sending technicians to a local site and teaching the course in a hotel meeting … Continue reading
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