George E. Cawthon wrote:
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message

You could get by with #12, bulbs may be a bit dimmer than with #10,
but any tool you use should be under 3 A. And what to you use for a
breaker? Do they make breakers for less than 5 amps?



Why would you need a 5A breaker? Reality is, it will work, has
worked, I've done it. we build a house with #12 run over 300 feet on
a temporary line and used plenty of power tools.

Sorry, I temporarily lost my mine about the breaker. On the use of
tools, you can. I run my compressor and a circular saw on a long
extension cord and it seems to work. But it is a lousy practice to run
motorized tools where the voltage drop is more than 3%. I'm not sure
what the voltage drop would be on a 300 foot run of #12 with a 10 A
motor but it would be down in the motor damaging range.

I swear this thing hates me. It is suppose to
read "lost my mind." If I lost my "mine," I don't
remember it, so it's no big loss.