What are power cords? Which cord powers your computer?

 

You just cannot take away the electrical oxygen we require for survival! All our major day-to-day activities are either contingent on machines, electricity, or both. "We need machines, and machines need electricity." Electricity is the flow of electrons through a conductor. Now, to align that flow of electrons, we need a metal conductor sheathed inside a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulator. This equipment is typically known as a power cord.

Power cord, power connector, mains cable, or line cord—call it by any of those names, but the purpose it serves would not change. These power cords let you connect your electrical appliance through itself, with one of its ends plugged into the wall socket or a wall extension board and the other end plugged into the receptacle installed on the appliance, to build a system of temporary connection.

Appliances that are purely power backed, need these power cords to get connected with the main electrical supply line for powering and energizing themselves. Few appliances are battery-backed, and they mostly need the connection only to recharge the batteries. These cords are capable of carrying alternating current as well as direct current.

One end of the power cord has a plug, and the other end has a connector. The connector is inserted in the receptacle, and the plug is plugged into the wall socket. Both ends can be of male or female origin.

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