On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 8:32:46 PM UTC-4, 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

I ran some extension cords a couple hundred feet and I was surprised at how
well it worked. I think one was 10 or 12g, but the others were just
regular, probably 16g. Ran a fridge, freezer, exhaust fan for gas water
heater, gas furnace, lights, no problems.

Big thing to help, manage the loads and monitor the voltage, if you can.
Fridges and freezers in the last decade or two only pull about 100W when
running. Starting could be several times that for seconds, going down
over a couple minutes. You can also run one for two hours, then another,
etc. Just use common sense.