[Shop-talk] Extension cord length vs. wire gauge

[Scott Hall]

Sigh. I have to admit this in a public forum?

It's a power tool. Comparable to a chainsaw. I wanted the gas version, but
I'll use it maybe twice a year, it's $40 vs. $200, and the electric one is
about half the weight.

I never thought I'd be the sort of person to own one of these, but here I
am...

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 8:13 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Oct 30, 2018 8:57 PM, "Scott Hall" <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Guys,
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> I need about 300 get of extension cord. 16 AWG was fine at 100 ft. Can I
> string 3 of those together without a problem, or should I go up a size?
> Draw is 4 amps.
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> What sort of load? Resistive, or ?
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> What sort of duty cycle?
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> What sort of duration?
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> In general, it's probably ok, but still wouldn't hurt to have some details.
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