50amp extension cord
You guys seem to know all the deals. Looking for standard connections maybe 30-50 foot extension cord. Best deal. Thanks.
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pulsar wrote:malexander wrote:camperfamily wrote:
wizard
I believe the 50 amp service is 50 amps per leg, total 100 amps combined. Hence the heavy wire.
Not true, you only have 50 amps...period, total.
Anyway, I made my own.
I appreciate the polite way that camperfamily posted, and he is correct.
I don't know what source you would believe, but if you will do a search you will find that 50-amp service is 50 amps on each of two 120-volt legs. So, most of us would consider that to be 100 amps.
Perhaps it would be better to say that 50-amp service is 12000 watts of power (100 amps time 120 volts, or 50 amps times 240 volts.) For contrast, 30-amp service is 30 amps on one 120-volt leg. Or, 3500 watts.
Tom
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BTW, I priced out 6-3 + 8*gr SOOJ at Home Depot (not available everywhere) and the price of the wire was more than an inexpensive 50 amp cord set. I ended up buying a nice Marinco cord at CW, on clearance, for less than the DIY price.
