[TheForge] Lamp cord and heat generation

Fri Jun 14 11:27:07 2002

At 11:05 06/14/02 -0400, you wrote:

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>Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:59 PM
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>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Lamp cord and heat generation
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>Dave, will this go up and down enough to fatigue the wire? Probably not,

It'll probably be moved  a couple of times a year.  This will not be moved 
regularly.  So I'm not concerned about the fatigue factor.  However, with 
all the suggestions I've been getting I'll be sure to tell the customer and 
include the info in the waiver he's willing to sign.

>but think on it. If so, your best bet is the finest stranded wire you
>can find.

Dann Johnson in response to this query on the rope makers list suggested 
using a 50' orange extension cord.  He says he thinks that they are 
16ga.  He ran a 3.25hp elec chainsaw on one once and says this of 
that:  "If  I were running my 3.25 hp  electric chain saw on 150 feet of 16 
gage  wire as  a core  / goke threw a sisal rope, I   might not lay  claims 
to be  the smartest rat  on the raft:  but I did saw down  a couple trees 
that way without damaging the saw, or noticeably heating up the extension 
cords."

So, at this point I'm thinking that I'll recommend to the buyer to go that 
route for the central core.

Thanks for all the advice, I think I know were to go from here.

Dave Brown
Blacksmith/Rope Maker