On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:01:51 -0400, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:

On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:12:03 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote:


I get about 30A running thru a 50ft, 16 ga extension for a 14V drop.
Are you sure the whole loss is in the cord?

Did you factor in both the power and the neutral? 100 feet of
conductor in total.

Yup. This calculator says 33A to get a 14V drop...
http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

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Ned Simmons