which can easily overload a power strip. These devices should be plugged directly into a wall outlet that’s dedicated solely to powering the appliance. Large appliances like refrigerators ...

Firefighters have seen enough fires caused by this seemingly harmless practice — plugging a heater into a power strip — to say: never do this. Always plug your space heater, regardless of its ...

The posts warn against plugging space heaters into extension cords or power strips because doing so could start a fire. It is unsafe to plug space heaters into extension cords or power strips.