On 12/25/2020 6:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:38:43 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
lid says...

I can't answer your question but a few months ago I dropped two of those
things off at the local Habitat ReStore. For me, they sucked. There needs
to be a way to use the cord without completely unrolling and removing all
of it. Actually, it wouldn't have been that hard to modify them, but I was
short tempered that day and just wanted to get rid of them.




The way to use them at shorter lengths is to put the middle of the cord
under the hook and wind the cord up on parallel lengths. That way you
have both ends on the outside when you finish. You can then pull out
what you need. It is not good to draw heavy current with the wire
wrapped on the reel as it can over heat. Wire depends on being in open
air for full or near full current capacity.

A plastic reel isn't as bad as a steel one - where the steel acts as
the core of the inductor - - -


The magnetic field of the hot and neutral cancel each other. Otherwise
steel conduit wouldn't be usefull.

I agree with Ralph, high current with wire wrapped can overheat the cord.