Spreading your fingers before winding the cord around them helps to prevent wrapping the cord too tightly and causing weakness in the internal cables which could result in a shortage. Along with ...

Certain RV appliances, like toasters, microwaves or even air conditioning, tend to use up a lot more electricity than laptops ... all you need to do is connect your cable to an extension cord ...

For a more clutter-free home, the small but mighty multifunctional devices are a must. You can finally bid farewell to the ...

Are you plugging in a reading lamp, or firing up the power washer to clean the driveway? Remember the amps discussion. Those flat, two-prong extension cords with small-gauge wire work fine for a ...

These party crashers are strong flyers, but they don’t like fighting the wind, so an oscillating fan or two plugged into extension cords near your backyard grill, picnic table, or other ...

By getting rid of outsourced third-party management by PSEG Long Island and adopting a full public power model, Long Island’s ...

This means going to bed and waking up around the same time every day, weekends included. Winter suggests going beyond bedtime basics and building a whole wind-down routine to signal to your body ...

This isn’t one of those retractable tape measures, mind you — just a long strip of flexible metal on a wind-up spool in a plastic case. His idea was to use the tape as the radiator for an end ...

It's a pesky downside to the tech-driven world we live in: The more gadgets we own, the more unsightly power cords we have dangling, tangling and winding ... You can have up to three devices ...

Check back to this story for updates on Colorado's wind storm, which is expected to bring gusts of 80 to 100 mph in some ...

Use a reusable water bottle. Buy wine with natural corks. Use cloth snack bags. At the global level, best estimates suggest ...