So I rent an old house and the outlet that my aircon is plugged into stopped working. There’s a plug about a meter away on the floor that’s newer and still works, and I can theoretically plug it in there, but the cord, of course, isn’t long enough. Is there a specific extension cord I can use that’s safe? I know the big ticket appliances aren’t recommend to use with extension cords because fire but surely there’s something.
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Get something heavy duty and it should be okay.
But, before that, if the ‘outlet that stopped working’ is up there by the a/c unit, it is likely a dedicated outlet, _with its own breaker.,_ nothing else will be on that circuit. Your first step should be checking the breaker panel to see if any of them have popped to the ‘off’ position.