[TheForge] extension chord

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I'll confess to using 3    #12 extension cords at once for this 
application in days of yore. Took off the plugs and bunched the wires of 
each one together for each 220 lead and the neutral.....tisk...Pete F

Phlip wrote:

>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
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>>Hi;
>>I need to make up a 20 ft extension chord for my 225 amp buzz box in a
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>hurry for a job and am wondering if I can get away with using # 12 wire
>without stressing it out. Live on an island and that is the biggest size
>that is rubber coated  that the hardware store has in stock. I could get the
>plastic coated #10 and put a steel coiled shield around it but it would seem
>to be really inconvenient trying to coil it up. Any suggestions. Thanks in
>advance.
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>>Mike S
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>Suggest listening to the Moody Blues, "In Search of the Lost Chord". That
>sounds fine no matter how many amps ;-)
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>Saint Phl... err, Andy Vida
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