Why Power Tool Cords Are So Short
That infuriatingly short cord on your angle grinder isn't a safety rule — UL 45 only sets a six-foot minimum and no maximum. The three-meter convention comes from container packing math and certification inertia, and a European brand killed a five-meter-cord grinder because bigger boxes raised sea freight nearly five percent. But here's the twist: longer isn't automatically safer. Cables over five meters get snagged, cut, and tripped over, and one such cord flung an angle grinder off an aerial work platform. So what's the right length, and can you actually upgrade a corded tool safely? We…
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