No matter if you live in an apartment, house, mobile home, or dorm room, one factor is constant: There never seems to be sufficient power outlets. The following is a list of 5 things you should never plug into an electrical power strip:

Freezers and Refrigerators

Large appliances such as refrigerators require lots of power and cycle on and off frequently, which may easily overload a power strip. Those devices should be plugged right into the wall outlet solely dedicated to powering the household appliance. If you attempt to plug extra appliances into the exact same outlet, you’ll risk tripping the circuit.  

Microwave Ovens

Microwave ovens are miracles of modern-day food preparation, reheating, cooking, and thawing food in less time than it takes a regular oven. However, all that wonderful activity requires more energy than power strips are able to provide. Like regular electric ovens, microwaves should have their own dedicated outlet.

Coffee Makers

You might not believe that your morning coffee requires a lot of energy to brew; however, the majority of coffee makers require quite a bit of amperage to turn roasted beans into hot coffee. Plug the coffee maker right into the outlet or you’ll risk waking to a half-brewed coffee pot.

Hot Plates and Slow Cookers

You may think you are a clever cook when plugging a slow cooker into a power strip to free up electrical outlet space for other types of countertop appliances; however, you would be wrong. Such cooking appliances need more juice over a longer time period than a power strip is able to handle. Plus, because the appeal of slow cookers is that they may work without supervision, you absolutely want to ensure that it’s securely plugged into the wall outlet to minimize all dangerous outcomes.

Toaster Ovens

The inside of a toaster oven is made up of a ton of wires that heat up to extremely hot temperatures to toast bread. The current draw these wires require may easily cause the power strip to overheat. That same problem also affects waffle irons, electrical skillets, and toaster ovens.

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