dante2
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I do the same. It's a few steps to the breaker and it's off until I use it again.
220 volt 50 amp welder ext cord price ?
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Phantomd
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Electrical supply houses sell SOOW cord for a lot cheaper then home depot.
Last time I priced this out the cost savings of 240v home depot extension cords over premade was not enough. After pricing SOOW cord from an electrical supply house being 60% cheaper it made a lot more sense to DIY the extension. Now I have a shorter cord, and one I can run down to the end of my (short) driveway to the street.
Last time I priced this out the cost savings of 240v home depot extension cords over premade was not enough. After pricing SOOW cord from an electrical supply house being 60% cheaper it made a lot more sense to DIY the extension. Now I have a shorter cord, and one I can run down to the end of my (short) driveway to the street.
I just wiggle it slightly loose and then jam a screwdriver in. Make sure to squint, sometimes it sparks a littleswitch the breaker off before removing the plug? Learn something new every day.
I just pretended I was carefully diffusing a bomb
PhantomEB
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made my own. 12/3 wire, 20’ of it. garage is getting 50-60 amp power with this spring then another 30 amp dedicated plug to the far wall. 23x26 so no need to go even longer.
oldmachinenut
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I have NEMA 10-50 plugs on all of my 240 machines. This harkens back to when I only had a stick welder and had to pull the stove out to plug the extension cord in. I will never need to plug the Syncrowave in in the kitchen but I can.
I have NEMA 10-50 plugs on all of my 240 machines. This harkens back to when I only had a stick welder and had to pull the stove out to plug the extension cord in. I will never need to plug the Syncrowave in in the kitchen but I can.
The whole reason I have an extension cord is I used to have to plug into the dryer receptacle...
Was only about 10' across the garage, but had to snake down/around/through the doors to get there. Made a adapter with a dryer cord and welder receptacle, left that screwed down in the laundry room with the extension hanging there.
As long as no one needed laundry it worked great, welded a lot of projects with that setup
CGT80
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I commented that I'm very aware when unplugging 240v cords, but it obviously had nothing to do with the voltage but rather the style and given downsides of the 6-50p.
It would be easy to wrap my fingers further under the plug to get a better grip while removing it, but my brain says danger.....if you won't stick your most sensitive tool there, don't stick your fingers there.
I can completely understand how a person could do that. Hopefully, they learn quickly.
The other thing to watch for with cheap wire is aluminum conductors that may be copper plated. I'm not sure how common it is with 300v or 600v wire, but I have seen plenty for low voltage dc use. The cheap Amazon premade cords might be aluminum rather than copper, and that may or may not be ok with some people.
It would be easy to wrap my fingers further under the plug to get a better grip while removing it, but my brain says danger.....if you won't stick your most sensitive tool there, don't stick your fingers there.
I can completely understand how a person could do that. Hopefully, they learn quickly.
The other thing to watch for with cheap wire is aluminum conductors that may be copper plated. I'm not sure how common it is with 300v or 600v wire, but I have seen plenty for low voltage dc use. The cheap Amazon premade cords might be aluminum rather than copper, and that may or may not be ok with some people.
