TIP: Never be caught without wire! You can charge a Volt (8 amps default) via 100' of simple #18 lamp zip cord if you wanted to. (and had the 3rd GND wire). The 5v line drop is within the standard for acceptable voltage drop.
I routinely carry hundreds of feet of #18 zip cord for backup and emergency power in all my vehicles because I can carry four times as much wire under the seat in the same volume as the standard stiff double insulated orange extension cords. See my spool: http://aprs.org/prius/photos/220cord3x.JPG Ignore the 220V label, this image was for when I remotely power things (universal power supplies) from the 220V prius battery. When I find such a spool, I pull off the 15' or 20' of stiff plastic orange cord and re-wind it with 100' to 120' of #18 lamp zip cord. Note: to get 120',you have to be very careful and obsessive in acting like a fishing reel and laying in the zip cord flat and adjacent (no twists). But you can do it. [But for dual wire use only - No GND wire] I showed up once at a downed tree and was able to plug in TWO of these 100' cords of #18 zip cord in series to run a small chain saw and save the day. Yes, there was noticible voltage drop but still plenty of power to run the saw. I have even run an electric lawnmower through one when it was more convenient than digging out all the old orange and green cords "from around back". Oh, also I was able to use two of these at a rest stop for a small space heater (on low-power (700W) and sleep in the car overnight (well, several hours anyway) because the black zip cord just kind-of disappeared in the joint to cross the sidewalk and then along the edge of the sidewalk around to the back of the building where the vending machines were plugged in. I would never have gotten away with that using 200' of bright thick orange extension cords. Anyway, just some tall tales from the armchair (never be caught without wire!) Bob, WB4APR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210725/b264f612/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
