On Wed, 17 May 2017 20:55:11 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 May 2017 10:08:02 -0700, Gunner Asch

wrote:

On Mon, 15 May 2017 05:12:03 -0700 (PDT), robobass
wrote:

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I bought some Chiwanese extension cord ends from a US source
recently
and was seriously disappointed. The connectors were neither marked
nor
color coded (unsafe for the normal DIYer), and one of the screws
stripped out as I tightened the shell together evenly around the
plug.
Amazon gave my money back.
The last sets were Chiwanese from HF and worked great.


Before putting the Fluke away I measured the voltage drop of 10.0A DC
through a 50' 14 AWG HF extension cord I just bought, in case I would
be risking a fire by running an air compressor on it.

When I first saw the thing and its quality (or lack thereof) I checked
the terminals with a magnet to make sure they weren't dipped steel.
Luckly, they weren't.


The spec for 14 AWG is 2.5 ohms per 1000', so 100' should drop 2.5V at
10A. It measured 2.78V which isn't far off and includes the loopback
end contact resistances.

So it may be 14ga after all? Good.

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