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Ralph Mowery

In article ,
says...

Still without power in my neighborhood after storm, but my generator is running. My neighbor lives 225ft away from my generator and is completely without power.

I have:

1. one 12gage-100ft long extension cord
2. one 16gage-100ft long extension cord
3. one 16 gage-50ft long extension cord.

Is there anything I can offer that would be SAFE to do so? The voltage drop would be considerable for such a length, and I'm sure would kill any appliance like her refrigerator. But is it possible to say "hey, you can plug in ...your phone charger and a lamp and maybe a fan" ? (until I shut down at 11:30PM).
Just trying to be helpful/neighborly.
Theodore

Buy enough 12 gauge cord to reach. Say another 100 and 50 foot one.
You may want to see if there is a 10 gauge 100 foot cord, but I doubt
you would find one already made.

Then you could use a lot more power. If you have a voltmeter, if not
buy one of the $ 10 ones and check the voltage at the user end of the
cords. Stay above 110 volts and you would be ok.