The Genius Way No One Has Taught You To Organize Your Electric Cords

If you have electronics or appliances in your home, you're bound to have an abundance of power cables, and it's possible that one of the biggest mistakes you're making with your extension cords is improperly storing or wrapping them. Quickly bundling long electric cords can cause them to get tangled, kinked, and damaged. Since cords are responsible for carrying electric current, any damage done to the integrity of the materials could potentially become a fire hazard. To prevent this, it's important to coil and store your cords rather than leave them out in a knotted heap. Fortunately, there's always another clever storage tip to keep messy extension cords organized, including one genius chaining method preferred by many professionals to keep their equipment safe, tidy, and ready to use.

If you enjoy or are familiar with crocheting, this electric cord wrapping hack can be reminiscent of certain stitches. Instead of using crochet hooks, however, you will be using your arms to efficiently wrap your cables. The final result will look like a giant chain stitch. With this method, you'll keep your extension cords organized while also making them visually appealing when not in use. No additional materials are needed for this organization hack, just yourself and your pesky, long extension cable. Once complete, you can store it by hanging it on a wall or tidily consolidating it into a bundle without a risk of tangling, helping you save valuable floor space.

Start by getting your cable as untangled as you can. Find the plug and socket of your cord, and hold them in one hand. With the plug and socket secured on one end, find the middle of the cable at the other end. Grab the cable about a foot down from this, creating a loop. Coil the cord just before this loop, and tie the loop through to create a secure knot in the coil. Reach through the coil to grab the long tail of the cord (leading to the plug and socket), and pull a short run of this through the coil to make the next loop. Repeat the process, reaching through this new loop to grab a short run of the cord's tail and pulling it through to make a third loop. Continue to weave and pull the remaining cord through until you reach the end of your cable.

When you reach the plug and socket, plug them into each other and finish your cable chain by knotting or pulling it through your final loop. Then, hang it by the loop at the end for space-saving organization. The great thing about this method is you can also double up extra-long electric cords to give you a shorter length to start with, letting you condense a 100-foot cord into a chain only a few feet long. When you're ready to use them, it's easy to unravel as much as you need and still keep your extension cords tangle-free.