14 gage power cords should work fine. Of course, clean
connections (plug and socket) are good. Use a little sand
paper to clean the terminals. A dab of aluminum antioxidant
is good, in the sockets. And fewer extension cords are good.
One 50-footer is better than two 25-footers.

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"Mike S." wrote in message
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If a refrigerator requires a 15 or 20 amp power supply, then
wouldn't
a 13 amp, 14 gauge heavy duty power cord be insufficient to
connect
the refrigerator to a generator? Also, wouldn't using two
heavy duty
power cords be bad? I don't know anything about amps or
gauges, but my
father who does connected the refrigerator to a power strip
(a defunct
surge protector), then plugged the power strip into the 14
gauge, 13
amp power cord. He then plugged that power cord into another
power
cord of unknown gauge and amps, and that plugged into the
generator. I
thought the refrigerator sounded odd during the time it was
running
off the generator, but it was hard to tell.

I suspect my power will go out again from this snow storm
that's
coming so I would at least like to be using the correct
power cords
this time.