Re: Power feed wire

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

That would make sense. Standard wall outlets, and
I assume plugs and therefore all extention cords
are only rated 15A. (Unless they are the 20A type
with the sideways prong slot.) I was going to hack
the ends off anyway :) Question is I guess, are
they safe for 240V usage?

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry
 > Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > I actually asked somebody about that once, and I got
 > the response that the
 > actual cord was rated for the power, but the plugs
 > themselves aren't. So
 > you could run the cord at 30 amps, but the plug and
 > socket would fuse
 > together. (not good =D)
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz
 > "
 >
 > So I was in Home Depot today looking at extention
 > cables. (Gotta run some outside from my sauna's
 > stove
 > outlet) The biggest thing I found some were some
 > 100'
 > that's made of 3 10 AWG wires -- yet on the label
 > it's
 > only rated for 15A. The cord was as thick as the
 > thickest wire I've seen coming from my fuse box, and
 > I
 > always thought 10 AWG could carry 30Amps. Would it
 > be
 > safe to use this cable #1) at 30 amps, and #2) at
 > 240V. If not, how about splitting the 240VAC outlet
 > into 120VAC and 120VAC sides, run em through one
 > extention cable each (2 cables) and combine them
 > back
 > into 240 at the ends. Of course, I'm not talkin
 > about
 > running this through walls or anything, just
 > on the carpet then up and out the front door.
 >
 >
 >
 > -Chris
 >
 >
 >