DutchmenSport wrote:
In your case, the most that will happen is, your wires will begin to warm up. If they do, you're drawing too much. Simple answer? Get a heaver extension cord.
Worst case: You pop the breaker in your house! Solution? Turn something off, you've exceeded 20 amps.
Not true. The
worst that can happen is you could eventually fry the A/C compressor from excessive voltage drop that is so quick it can't be detected with a DVM. A typical 13,500 BTU A/C has an average LRA (Locked Rotor Amp) rating of ~ 60 amps ... do that often enough over a long length of small gauge cable and a warm cable will be the least of your problems. ;)
