I am going to need a 50 ft. 50 amp extension cord this year, I have to change sites, and the way we want to setup the 5th wheel the pedestal will be on the door side towards the front, and the cord plugs in on the off door side rear side. I am looking for guidance. on the one to buy or not to buy. I have found one on Amazon for $189.00.and free shipping. Cord is by NU-Cord. Don't need the ones with he handle's.

2- 25 ft. might be worth it for ease of rolling up and storing. They are not easy to work with. I no nothing about the different brands. I bought a 25ft and used it once.

You can make your own. 50 feet (or how much you need) of 6/3 SO Cord. If you are worried about the length, get 4/3. Heck, making your own cord, you don't even need to make it an extension. Just get one end for the pedestal and one end for your rig. Less connections, less things that can go wrong.

Thanks Choo Choo man, I did think about making one, but was afraid of moisture getting into the connections. I could use silicon to seal the connections. Most of the cord will be under the trailer and tied up to the frame so moisture wouldn't be a problem. I guess I.ll stop at Home Depot tonight and see what it would cost to make it.A ny other ideas out there

Believe me you will want one with the handles.I have also found it is best to connect the ends when storing which protects the electrical contacts from dirt and damage.

ChooChooMan74 wrote:You can make your own. 50 feet (or how much you need) of 6/3 SO Cord. If you are worried about the length, get 4/3. Heck, making your own cord, you don't even need to make it an extension. Just get one end for the pedestal and one end for your rig. Less connections, less things that can go wrong.Don't you mean 6/4 SO cord?I think that the OP may not gain much by making his own, even if he can find it on Ebay.

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Vet_Man
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
2- 25 ft. might be worth it for ease of rolling up and storing. They are not easy to work with. I no nothing about the different brands. I bought a 25ft and used it once.
ChooChooMan74
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
You can make your own. 50 feet (or how much you need) of 6/3 SO Cord. If you are worried about the length, get 4/3. Heck, making your own cord, you don't even need to make it an extension. Just get one end for the pedestal and one end for your rig. Less connections, less things that can go wrong.
sljkansas
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
Thanks Choo Choo man, I did think about making one, but was afraid of moisture getting into the connections. I could use silicon to seal the connections.

Most of the cord will be under the trailer and tied up to the frame so moisture wouldn't be a problem.

I guess I.ll stop at Home Depot tonight and see what it would cost to make it.

A ny other ideas out there
RCMAN46
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
Believe me you will want one with the handles.

I have also found it is best to connect the ends when storing which protects the electrical contacts from dirt and damage.
Lynnmor
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
ChooChooMan74 wrote:
You can make your own. 50 feet (or how much you need) of 6/3 SO Cord. If you are worried about the length, get 4/3. Heck, making your own cord, you don't even need to make it an extension. Just get one end for the pedestal and one end for your rig. Less connections, less things that can go wrong.

Don't you mean 6/4 SO cord?

I think that the OP may not gain much by making his own, even if he can find it on Ebay.
n7bsn
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
ChooChoo makes a good point, at 50 ft the cord should be 4 ga not 6 ga. Hooking two 25 ft 6 ga cords together will not work.

The issue is line drop, the longer the cord, the bigger the wire has to be to safely carry the same power.
Big_Katuna
Explorer II
Feb 23, 2015
You want 6/3 8/1.. I found a 30' pigtail hardwired male no female on EBay for like $90.
Added the female.
branson4020
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
I think you only need 50' total, so you could just buy a single 25' extension cord to use with your existing factory power cord. 6 gauge cord will work fine. Voltage drop in 6 gauge would be 2V at 50A. Realistic usage is more like 25A, even with 2 ACs running, so voltage drop in cord is not significant.
sljkansas
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
Branson4020 you may be right. When I get home tonight, I'm going to mock it up. I have a 25 ft. and a 50 ft, 30 amp extension cords, once I get to really looking at it, I'll know what I need.

Thanks for the help and comments. If wife didn't want it in backwards it would be easy. the pedestal would only be a 4-5 foot run. She want to see the lake. and if she's not happy no one (me) will be happy.
westend
Explorer
Feb 23, 2015
I found that 6/4 SOJ at Home Depot and the connectors is more than buying an off-the-shelf cord. I got lucky and found a 25' Marinco at my local CW store on the clearance table.

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