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I have desktop computer and a lot of external hard disk cases. I coiled all cables to make them organized/easy to clean. But an electrition told me; if you are using a cable, coiling (wrapping) cables is wrong. It could damage your computer, electronic devices etc. You should un-wrap cables of devices if you want to use them. So;
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
Note: I found this on exchange sites, but still I'm not sure enough: Physics of Coiled Cables
cables electromagnetic damage
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I have desktop computer and a lot of external hard disk cases. I coiled all cables to make them organized/easy to clean. But an electrition told me; if you are using a cable, coiling (wrapping) cables is wrong. It could damage your computer, electronic devices etc. You should un-wrap cables of devices if you want to use them. So;
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
Note: I found this on exchange sites, but still I'm not sure enough: Physics of Coiled Cables
cables electromagnetic damage
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Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
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I have desktop computer and a lot of external hard disk cases. I coiled all cables to make them organized/easy to clean. But an electrition told me; if you are using a cable, coiling (wrapping) cables is wrong. It could damage your computer, electronic devices etc. You should un-wrap cables of devices if you want to use them. So;
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
Note: I found this on exchange sites, but still I'm not sure enough: Physics of Coiled Cables
cables electromagnetic damage
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I have desktop computer and a lot of external hard disk cases. I coiled all cables to make them organized/easy to clean. But an electrition told me; if you are using a cable, coiling (wrapping) cables is wrong. It could damage your computer, electronic devices etc. You should un-wrap cables of devices if you want to use them. So;
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
Note: I found this on exchange sites, but still I'm not sure enough: Physics of Coiled Cables
cables electromagnetic damage
cables electromagnetic damage
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Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
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Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
– winny
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Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
– winny
53 mins ago
Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
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In the article that you linked to, it says in one of the answers,
The most notorious feature of loaded coiled cables is that they potentially generate a lot of heat in a tight space. In most cases it's not an issue, but at high load with little cooling such a coil could be a fire hazard.
And I actually have first hand experience with this. There was this extension cord (50 or 100 feet) that was wrapped around a spool, which I needed to power a small room heater. Still it was a 1500W heater which draws over half of what the outlet could deliver. Which means that it easily qualifies as a high load.
Lucky ending to the story: I could smell the insulation melting which led me to discover the danger and pulled the plug before it caught fire!
(I would have posted as a comment, but my rep < 50 Thought the OP really should have this info)
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
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Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
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Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
That depends on the cirumstances.
The electrician is correct for the part of electrical engineering that he (probably) deals with. And that is high-power devices (more than say 200 Watt) running on mains (AC) voltage. With high power devices, large currents flow and these large currents through mains wires cause the cable to warm up. That's OK if the cable has enough "breathing space". If you coil up the cable that might not be the case. Especially in devices like these:
the heat cannot escape if you do not completely unwind all the cable.
If you would only be using this for powering one low power device like a radio or a phone charger, the heat generated will be of no concern, you can leave the cable rolled up.
But if you use it to power a 300 W floodlight and/or a lawnmower and/or a toaster then you do need to unroll the cable completely so that any generated heat can escape into the air.
Fortunately for you USB and nearly all computer cables cables are quite low power so coiling them up is no issue at all.
As winny commented: feel the cables wjhen they have been in use for a while. If you cannot feel that they are getting warm, then there is no issue.
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2 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
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active
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up vote
4
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In the article that you linked to, it says in one of the answers,
The most notorious feature of loaded coiled cables is that they potentially generate a lot of heat in a tight space. In most cases it's not an issue, but at high load with little cooling such a coil could be a fire hazard.
And I actually have first hand experience with this. There was this extension cord (50 or 100 feet) that was wrapped around a spool, which I needed to power a small room heater. Still it was a 1500W heater which draws over half of what the outlet could deliver. Which means that it easily qualifies as a high load.
Lucky ending to the story: I could smell the insulation melting which led me to discover the danger and pulled the plug before it caught fire!
(I would have posted as a comment, but my rep < 50 Thought the OP really should have this info)
answered 1 hour ago
justWondering
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Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
1
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
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In the article that you linked to, it says in one of the answers,
The most notorious feature of loaded coiled cables is that they potentially generate a lot of heat in a tight space. In most cases it's not an issue, but at high load with little cooling such a coil could be a fire hazard.
And I actually have first hand experience with this. There was this extension cord (50 or 100 feet) that was wrapped around a spool, which I needed to power a small room heater. Still it was a 1500W heater which draws over half of what the outlet could deliver. Which means that it easily qualifies as a high load.
Lucky ending to the story: I could smell the insulation melting which led me to discover the danger and pulled the plug before it caught fire!
(I would have posted as a comment, but my rep < 50 Thought the OP really should have this info)
answered 1 hour ago
justWondering
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Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
1
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
In the article that you linked to, it says in one of the answers,
The most notorious feature of loaded coiled cables is that they potentially generate a lot of heat in a tight space. In most cases it's not an issue, but at high load with little cooling such a coil could be a fire hazard.
And I actually have first hand experience with this. There was this extension cord (50 or 100 feet) that was wrapped around a spool, which I needed to power a small room heater. Still it was a 1500W heater which draws over half of what the outlet could deliver. Which means that it easily qualifies as a high load.
Lucky ending to the story: I could smell the insulation melting which led me to discover the danger and pulled the plug before it caught fire!
(I would have posted as a comment, but my rep < 50 Thought the OP really should have this info)
answered 1 hour ago
justWondering
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In the article that you linked to, it says in one of the answers,
The most notorious feature of loaded coiled cables is that they potentially generate a lot of heat in a tight space. In most cases it's not an issue, but at high load with little cooling such a coil could be a fire hazard.
And I actually have first hand experience with this. There was this extension cord (50 or 100 feet) that was wrapped around a spool, which I needed to power a small room heater. Still it was a 1500W heater which draws over half of what the outlet could deliver. Which means that it easily qualifies as a high load.
Lucky ending to the story: I could smell the insulation melting which led me to discover the danger and pulled the plug before it caught fire!
(I would have posted as a comment, but my rep < 50 Thought the OP really should have this info)
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
1
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
1
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
Thanks for the ansywer. So, as summary, Can we say(?); "If cable is too long and power usage will be high (up to 1500W), don't use coiled cable, it could be melted and start a fire"..
– Lost_In_Library
5 mins ago
1
1
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
Yes, but I would specify an even lower limit, don't coil up the wires if the power is above 200 W. Also see my answer.
– Bimpelrekkie
3 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
That depends on the cirumstances.
The electrician is correct for the part of electrical engineering that he (probably) deals with. And that is high-power devices (more than say 200 Watt) running on mains (AC) voltage. With high power devices, large currents flow and these large currents through mains wires cause the cable to warm up. That's OK if the cable has enough "breathing space". If you coil up the cable that might not be the case. Especially in devices like these:
the heat cannot escape if you do not completely unwind all the cable.
If you would only be using this for powering one low power device like a radio or a phone charger, the heat generated will be of no concern, you can leave the cable rolled up.
But if you use it to power a 300 W floodlight and/or a lawnmower and/or a toaster then you do need to unroll the cable completely so that any generated heat can escape into the air.
Fortunately for you USB and nearly all computer cables cables are quite low power so coiling them up is no issue at all.
As winny commented: feel the cables wjhen they have been in use for a while. If you cannot feel that they are getting warm, then there is no issue.
answered 5 mins ago
Bimpelrekkie
43.1k23894
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up vote
2
down vote
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
That depends on the cirumstances.
The electrician is correct for the part of electrical engineering that he (probably) deals with. And that is high-power devices (more than say 200 Watt) running on mains (AC) voltage. With high power devices, large currents flow and these large currents through mains wires cause the cable to warm up. That's OK if the cable has enough "breathing space". If you coil up the cable that might not be the case. Especially in devices like these:
the heat cannot escape if you do not completely unwind all the cable.
If you would only be using this for powering one low power device like a radio or a phone charger, the heat generated will be of no concern, you can leave the cable rolled up.
But if you use it to power a 300 W floodlight and/or a lawnmower and/or a toaster then you do need to unroll the cable completely so that any generated heat can escape into the air.
Fortunately for you USB and nearly all computer cables cables are quite low power so coiling them up is no issue at all.
As winny commented: feel the cables wjhen they have been in use for a while. If you cannot feel that they are getting warm, then there is no issue.
answered 5 mins ago
Bimpelrekkie
43.1k23894
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
That depends on the cirumstances.
The electrician is correct for the part of electrical engineering that he (probably) deals with. And that is high-power devices (more than say 200 Watt) running on mains (AC) voltage. With high power devices, large currents flow and these large currents through mains wires cause the cable to warm up. That's OK if the cable has enough "breathing space". If you coil up the cable that might not be the case. Especially in devices like these:
the heat cannot escape if you do not completely unwind all the cable.
If you would only be using this for powering one low power device like a radio or a phone charger, the heat generated will be of no concern, you can leave the cable rolled up.
But if you use it to power a 300 W floodlight and/or a lawnmower and/or a toaster then you do need to unroll the cable completely so that any generated heat can escape into the air.
Fortunately for you USB and nearly all computer cables cables are quite low power so coiling them up is no issue at all.
As winny commented: feel the cables wjhen they have been in use for a while. If you cannot feel that they are getting warm, then there is no issue.
answered 5 mins ago
Bimpelrekkie
43.1k23894
Is there any bad effects of coiling electrical cables ?
That depends on the cirumstances.
The electrician is correct for the part of electrical engineering that he (probably) deals with. And that is high-power devices (more than say 200 Watt) running on mains (AC) voltage. With high power devices, large currents flow and these large currents through mains wires cause the cable to warm up. That's OK if the cable has enough "breathing space". If you coil up the cable that might not be the case. Especially in devices like these:
the heat cannot escape if you do not completely unwind all the cable.
If you would only be using this for powering one low power device like a radio or a phone charger, the heat generated will be of no concern, you can leave the cable rolled up.
But if you use it to power a 300 W floodlight and/or a lawnmower and/or a toaster then you do need to unroll the cable completely so that any generated heat can escape into the air.
Fortunately for you USB and nearly all computer cables cables are quite low power so coiling them up is no issue at all.
As winny commented: feel the cables wjhen they have been in use for a while. If you cannot feel that they are getting warm, then there is no issue.
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Unless they heat up so much you can feel it, I wouldn’t think twice about this.
– winny
53 mins ago