George E. Cawthon wrote:
Greg wrote:

Vacuum cleaner cord has it's own listing category (type SVxx) and the
motor/cord assembly is an engineered system. The voltage drop is taken
into
account when they design a vacuum. In fact you would violate the
listing if you
did put a 14 ga cord on one.
It really has nothing to do with what we are talking about here


OH? You put fifty feet of #17 wire on a 12 A motor and then plug it
into a house wire that is #14 and 110 feet from the panel. Ok, right,
who cares. Oh, you might want to switch that vacuum for a 12 a table saw.


In that case, the motor is designed to run at the lower voltage you get
from the voltage drop of long cord. (maybe it's a 105V motor)

Bob