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Winged_One
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Jul 30, 2015

Electrical cord wrapped in a circle cause problems?

Several weeks back was at a private campground. The owner and another fellow were trying to work out a lack of ground on their 50 amp connection (this really is neither here nor there). Anyway, th...
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Vulcan_Rider
Explorer
Jul 30, 2015
enblethen wrote:

In a cord with heavy draw, it is best not to have them tightly coiled.


But the rest is all.......just so much noise.

IF the cord is getting noticeably hot, it is DEFECTIVE or is being used over it's capacity. Or it is being cooked by external heat.

There is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with loosely coiling any power cord designed for consumer use. If a problem does arise, it is NOT because of the coiling.

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