Extension Cord Care – whiteextensioncord.com

Take care of a good extension cord and it will last for years.

Break it in correctly, keep it clean and dry, and store it out of direct sunlight and it will have a long and useful life.

Here are some useful tips

A new cable should be completely uncoiled and left out in the sun for a few hours. The exposure to sunlight will allow the cable to warm up and relax the rubber in the jacket.
Suspend the cable from both ends so that the cable is lifted above the floor. This gentle stretching of the jacket and conductors will make coiling easier later.
Coil your cable with an underhand/overhand motion that doesn’t go against the twisting of the copper conductors.
Use a cable wrap or a piece of tie line to secure the ends of the cable into a coil.
Never store an extension cord without removing knots,