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Lilith Hudson

6 Household Appliances Experts Urge You to Unplug During a Heatwave to Avoid Surges and Overheating

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Love it or hate it, summer's heat is in full force. Heatwaves are becoming more intense every year, and with scorching temperatures on the up, it calls for some savvy safety precautions when it comes to your tech.

It's easy to overlook the impact temperatures can have on our everyday appliances. While you'll certainly be using your air-con and space fans a lot more over the next few months (a great way to help you sleep in the heat, too), your common devices will be affected too - whether you're using them or not. Just as we humans can overheat, so can our tech and so, for extra safety, it's best to switch some of them off when a heatwave hits.

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