"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:54:50 GMT, Dan Krueger
wrote:

Contractors use 100' 12ga extension cords every day to power large saws,
rotary hammer drills, and other big tools powered by their generators.
10ga or bigger would be expensive, hard to find, and not necessary.

I built my own 10ga extension once upon a time for doing boatyard work
at a distance from outlets. I bought a 250 ft roll of 10/3 from a
distributor at a half decent price, put my own connectors on it, and
stored the whole thing on an inexpensive garden hose reel.

Worked great, cost less than $100, everthing included.


When we had the house in Florida I had a concrete slab poured to park a
motorhome on. It was about 300 feet from the house power panel and I ran a
30 amp, 120 volt underground service to it. With consideration to voltage
drop, I used number eight wire for the hot and neutral and number 10 for the
ground. Even with that, I often would measure 105 volts at the RV,
particularly when the overall Florida Light and Power grid drooped during
high load periods.

Speaking of Florida .... today's April 9th and we had a mixture of rain,
freezing rain, sleet and snow all day today up here. I now remember why we
waited until late May to return to MA when we wintered down there.

RCE