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  • Connectors come loose, which makes them dangerous.

    They are uninsulated points that allow water and material ingress, and can partially or fully pull apart, causing arching. Which can cause combustion.

    This is the main reason these are dangerous, which the majority of this entire thread misses. The added length or connector resistance is somewhat negligible here unless you’re daisy chaining long conductors, which often isn’t the case for in-home extensions.


  • Distance by itself would be no different than a single cord of the same length.

    However, connection points are areas of localized resistance where connectors meet. This can introduce dangerous areas.

    That said, those aren’t really the problem here:

    The practical, human, problem here is important. Connectors come loose, which makes them dangerous. The majority of this thread is treating this question like a paper test problem, when in reality there are other factors that outweigh the “under ideal circumstances” problem.