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BobnSofi
Explorer
Dec 07, 2015

50 Amp Cord, Pwr Reel, Cord Ext, AutoFrmr w/srge/fire contrl

OK We now have the luxury of a 50 amp power chord reel (nice) Now we want to set up the luxury of a maximum longer 50 amp cord & reel, and a maximum 50 amp extension cord on a power wheel (remov...
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Dusty_R
Explorer
Dec 07, 2015
I have a friend with a TT. Where he parks it sometimes, is a long ways to where he can plug it in. It takes the full length of the attached cord plus an extension cord of about the same as attached cord. It appears that the extension cords that are readily availably are the same size the attached cord.
When staying in it with AC running it melted the plug between the 2 cords.
I believe that the length of the attached cord is the maximum length for that size cord and any extension cord should be at least 1 size larger.

Dusty

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