| Re: [GMCnet] Minimal extension cord [message #284616 is a reply to message #284611] |
Tue, 11 August 2015 20:00   |
Guy Lopes
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Registered: April 2004
Location: Sacramento, CA
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This one is regularly $79.99 on sale now for $44.95 item number 62308. Is
this it?
http://www.harborfreight.com/25-ft-x-10-gauge-generator-duty-twist-lock-exte
nsion-cord-62308.html
Guy Lopes
76 Birchaven "Orion"
Sacramento, CA
W6TOL
www.GMC-Guy.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of
rallymaster@juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:41 PM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Minimal extension cord
I think harbor freight has 25 ft. and maybe 50 ft. 10 ga. extension cords.
Don't remember the price.
RonC
On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:29:09 -0600 Mark writes:
> I've tried to run one of my rooftop A/C units using a "regular"
> (probably 14g) extension cord, with predictible results (the cord got
> hot, and there really wasn't enough power at the coach to reliably run
> the A/C). I was recently camping in Mexico, and one of the campsite
> residents said he had a
> "30 amp cord" that he'd hook up to my coach so I could use my A/C.
> After he hooked it up (I was elsewhere), I flipped on the A/C and it
> worked great.
> Only later did I notice that the "30 amp cord" was a "regular"
> though thicker, three-prong extension cord. Seemed to work just fine
> - the A/C ran for five days without anything getting hot.
>
> My question is - what gauge extension cord have you gotten away with
> on a 25' or 50' extension cord (running one original A/C unit)? I'd
> really like to get a three-prong (non-twist-lock) extension cord since
> I don't have a 30A outlet anywhere near where I store or work on my
> coach, and it would be nice to have A/C when working inside the coach
> (hey, I live in Arizona!). Yes, I know a 30A or 50A cord is better,
> but I'd need a really, really long (and expensive) cord to make that
> work - I'd never be able to put it in the coach, either... a 50' 10
> gauge cord would be about the max I have room for without giving up
> storage space for something else.
> --
> Mark Hickey
> Mesa, AZ
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
>
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Ron & Linda Clark
North Plains, ORYGUN
78 Eleganza II
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Sacramento, CA
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www.GMC-Guy.com
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