Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveR
One thing to think about with high power electric tools is that you can't have a long extension cord to run them. You'll lose power as the length increases. I did a test last week with an electric impact gun and using a 20' extension cord or shorter, I could take off wheel lugs with no problem. over 20' and it wouldn't work too good. Over 50' and it wouldn't work at all.
|
12g cords FTW. Whenever I plugged my old 30g oilless compressor into an typical 16g orange extension cord the breaker would pop. So I had a bunch of romex lying around so I had the stiffest 12g extension cord in town, lol But no more breaker issues. I now have 3 50' 12g cords and that old romen was used for garage outlets.
Of course my 80g, 2 stage IR compressor (known locally as Compressor Overkill) has it's own dedicated 40 amp circuit.