On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:53:26 -0400, "The Postman" route23@pod wrote:

[snip]


A/C on a "long extension cord" is a fire waiting to happen...


Small (5000BTU) A/C uses less than 5A, so that wouldn't be a problem.
Of course that'd be different for a 16000BTU unit (maybe the largest
that uses 120V).
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