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Bob F

On 8/6/2020 8:27 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 22:28:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 8/6/2020 8:32 PM, Theodore wrote:
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

Put the 12 ga first of course. You may be able to even do the
refrigerator since most new ones take little power. Worth a try to save
food..

Why? Resistors in series add, no matter what order they are in.

Indeed!