500ft extension cord?

[Hobby_Man22]

wtf? You can't run a 12 gauge cord that far and carry 15 amps

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMKG6L14/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[mogandave]

15 amps is what it draws

 

[loganb]

It's only a roughly 21% voltage drop

 

[DHCrocks]

jesus thats a long extension cord.

 

[Jim greengo]

Good luck rolling it up,that's over a block long!

 

[jbtvt]

Would've cost them an extra $20 to redesign that part of the label from their 100' cord. Gotta think about the profit margin!

 

[Shiftless]

That mofo probably weighs over 40 pounds!

 

[The Cobbler]

yeah, have fun rolling it up

 

[mogandave]

The Chinese have smaller feet.

 

[kwb]

I am pretty sure my neighbors have more than that strung together to get to the outer reaches of the ramshackle collection of sheds and shanty's that are scattered all over.

 

[Meursault74]

WTF, just buy 5 x 100 ft ones and zip tie them together. It's cheaper that way.

They're just trying to reverse the trend of cordless tools.

 

[Shiftless]

WTF, just buy 5 x 100 ft ones and zip tie them together. It's cheaper that way.

They're just trying to reverse the trend of cordless tools.

That’s the way to go.
With 5 cords you can have a hundred foot cord, a 200, a 300, a 400, and a 500

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Acidentally run the lawnmower over it and you've got 4 100 foot cords free!

 

[Youngandfree]

wtf? You can't run a 12 gauge cord that far and carry 15 amps

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMKG6L14/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I'd be concerned that it's not actually 12g wire inside

 

[Hobby_Man22]

I'd be concerned that it's not actually 12g wire inside

I'm sure it is they want $420 for it, but the point is even if it was it's not a large enough gauge for the distance. Probably only good for 5 or 6 amps at that distance.

 

[Hobby_Man22]

I had the contractor making my building ask me to string out 300ft of cords and then I think he added his own 50ft after that, I was like that's kind of far, but he was only using it to charge his cordless tools which don't draw much so I was like okay. I had 3 100 foot cords put together lmao.

 

[Walkers]

WTF, just buy 5 x 100 ft ones and zip tie them together. It's cheaper that way.

They're just trying to reverse the trend of cordless tools.

Zip tie?!? Just use the overhand knot method, zip ties cost money!

 

[Hobby_Man22]

Zip tie?!? Just use the overhand knot method, zip ties cost money!

WTF, just buy 5 x 100 ft ones and zip tie them together. It's cheaper that way.

They're just trying to reverse the trend of cordless tools.

Lmao it was to charge the batteries for the cordless tools. They could have just charged them in the back porch of the house, but whatever. He was pissed off with how muddy it was so I wasn't going to argue. For once I got to use all my extension cords at once.

 

[TOOL MASTER]

now i don't have to steal my neighbors power. i can steal his neighbors power. ;-p

 

[Hobby_Man22]

now i don't have to steal my neighbors power. i can steal his neighbors power. ;-p

I guess I can fire the electrician. Extension cord will do just fine looks like

 

[ArcReactorKC]

That mofo probably weighs over 40 pounds!

Ship weight on it is 51.1lbs. I think it really might be a 12awg cord.

 

[outinthetallgrass]

If you run over it with the lawn mower, you’re more likely to have 100, 4 footers.

Acidentally run the lawnmower over it and you've got 4 100 foot cords free!

 

[Hobby_Man22]

If you run over it with the lawn mower, you’re more likely to have 100, 4 footers.

Things like water hoses and extension cords bury themselves in the grass after about a month in the summertime around here.

 

[niget2002]

Things like water hoses and extension cords bury themselves in the grass after about a month in the summertime around here.

The extension cord I use in the chicken coop to keep water from freezing tends to disappear into the dead grass through the winter too.

 

[Aaron_W]

I guess I'd need this if I wanted to use my electricity to work at my neighbors house down the block. I don't think I have 500 feet of extension cords total even counting the cheapo ones I use for holiday decorations.

Just buy a generator at that point, $400 has you 1/3 the way to a small Honda and HF has some 4kW generators under $500.


Also find it amusing that it is actually $420 on the nose, because somebody is definitely smoking something.

 

[Aaron_W]

Was laughing about this with my wife and she asked an interesting question. If somebody put this on a cord reel and powered it up with a lot still coiled on the reel (only used like 50 feet), wouldn't all that coiled wire create a significant magnetic field?

Way beyond my pay grade, but I'm guessing we have some with the technical skills to figure that out.

 

[niget2002]

Was laughing about this with my wife and she asked an interesting question. If somebody put this on a cord reel and powered it up with a lot still coiled on the reel (only used like 50 feet), wouldn't all that coiled wire create a significant magnetic field?

Way beyond my pay grade, but I'm guessing we have some with the technical skills to figure that out.

It would make a pretty decent space heater.

 

[Metal-Marc]

Was laughing about this with my wife and she asked an interesting question. If somebody put this on a cord reel and powered it up with a lot still coiled on the reel (only used like 50 feet), wouldn't all that coiled wire create a significant magnetic field?

Way beyond my pay grade, but I'm guessing we have some with the technical skills to figure that out.

 

[Aaron_W]

I think you just identified the likely customer base for this.

 

[CoogarXR]

Well, I guess when my EV batteries get old and no longer take a charge, I can drive 500ft with it still plugged in.

 

[Hobby_Man22]

It would make a pretty decent space heater.

The larger guage cords don't heat up like the smaller 16 guage ones do

 

[WisJim]

I ran 4 or 5 100 foot extension cords from my tractor shed up the hill to my pole shed to keep the trickle charger going on my GE Electrak garden tractor over the winter. I used 14 gauge cords just plugged together and knotted, laying in the grass, and one of the connections finally shorted and tripped the breaker after about 4 years. I since made space in the tractor shed for the garden tractor. I was amazed at how well the extension cords held up.

 

[TOOL MASTER]

100 ft is hard enough to roll up

 

[CN Spots]

Well, at least they already make a reel for it.

 

[Hobby_Man22]

Well, at least they already make a reel for it.

I have one of those. The neighbor gave it to me and said I could use it as a table lol

 

[vwpieces]

I think the first tangle will determine the lengths it gets cut into.

 

[Metal-Marc]

I have one of those. The neighbor gave it to me and said I could use it as a table lol

You could use it as a table 500 ft away from the house and still have power!

 

[Hobby_Man22]

You could use it as a table 500 ft away from the house and still have power!

The shop isn't 500ft only 300ft. I just got curious one day if they made longer than 100ft cords.

 

[rharman]

The line that gets the most clicks and the most eyeballs on the news is that there is a serious "labor shortage". What the real-life scenario is: There is a shortage of people willing/able to accept minimum wage jobs.

Well, at least they already make a reel for it.

I have one of those. The neighbor gave it to me and said I could use it as a table lol

I don't know where he got them but, when I was a kid, my dad brought home a couple of those. We used to roll/walk on them all over the back yard. That was a blast.

 

[finn]

Buy a small inverter generator. Maybe a battery power supply might even work.

Consider getting a power source option next time you buy a new pickup if this requirement is a consistent requirement.