CT26E 12 gauge to 14 gauge cord why?

[Rick Christopherson]

2-1/2 years in the making, and then having to work all night at the end sounds a bit like my planning routine.

No. It was my silence that has been 2-1/2 years. The reason for the all-nighter is because it was only the night before that I was notified of the high-brow conference call at 7-am the next morning, and I needed to prepare my results before then.

Did you use only real loads, or some resistive loads?
Did the measurements deviate at all from theoretical analysis?

I used both inductive loads and resistive. It was the maximum-fixed load bank at a full 20 amps that was only resistive.

However, resistive or inductive makes no difference because they were observing the conditions of the cord, which is purely resistive itself.

No, the measurements didn't deviate from theoretical, but I actually did not bother going through the  calculations for my report because by then, it was already known to be a non-issue.

 

[Holmz]

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No, the measurements didn't deviate from theoretical, but I actually did not bother going through the  calculations for my report because by then, it was already known to be a non-issue.

Maybe it was already a non issue from theory?
I have not measured the length or cord and the drop - but would suspect that theory held.

And then most houses have yards of Romex in the walls of varying thickness.
But then a lot of people mandate a heavy cord for the last 20' when there was a 100 feet before the end that was already a bit slender.

But it is still a comfort to have a large extension cord... And we see posts about using only 10 gauge extension cords littered in other threads... So I think that there could be general confusion.

 

[Michael Kellough]

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No, the measurements didn't deviate from theoretical, but I actually did not bother going through the  calculations for my report because by then, it was already known to be a non-issue.

Maybe it was already a non issue from theory?
I have not measured the length or cord and the drop - but would suspect that theory held.

And then most houses have yards of Romex in the walls of varying thickness.
But then a lot of people mandate a heavy cord for the last 20' when there was a 100 feet before the end that was already a bit slender.

But it is still a comfort to have a large extension cord... And we see posts about using only 10 gauge extension cords littered in other threads... So I think that there could be general confusion.

That comes from people trying to think of ways to prevent the Kapex from going up in smoke.
Crossing your fingers would be just as effective but might make it difficult to get any work done.

 

[Tinker]

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No, the measurements didn't deviate from theoretical, but I actually did not bother going through the  calculations for my report because by then, it was already known to be a non-issue.

Maybe it was already a non issue from theory?
I have not measured the length or cord and the drop - but would suspect that theory held.

And then most houses have yards of Romex in the walls of varying thickness.
But then a lot of people mandate a heavy cord for the last 20' when there was a 100 feet before the end that was already a bit slender.

But it is still a comfort to have a large extension cord... And we see posts about using only 10 gauge extension cords littered in other threads... So I think that there could be general confusion.

That comes from people trying to think of ways to prevent the Kapex from going up in smoke.
Crossing your fingers would be just as effective but might make it difficult to get any work done.

[big grin]

 

[Holmz]

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No, the measurements didn't deviate from theoretical, but I actually did not bother going through the  calculations for my report because by then, it was already known to be a non-issue.

Maybe it was already a non issue from theory?
I have not measured the length or cord and the drop - but would suspect that theory held.

And then most houses have yards of Romex in the walls of varying thickness.
But then a lot of people mandate a heavy cord for the last 20' when there was a 100 feet before the end that was already a bit slender.

But it is still a comfort to have a large extension cord... And we see posts about using only 10 gauge extension cords littered in other threads... So I think that there could be general confusion.

That comes from people trying to think of ways to prevent the Kapex from going up in smoke.
Crossing your fingers would be just as effective but might make it difficult to get any work done.

There has been so much noise around the Kapex I am not sure I can keep up.
But I thought that the word from FT-HQ was that stout cords, with lower number gauge, only be used for extension cords to a Kapex?? Or was that from users...??

 

[semenza]

In relation to the power cord ..... fine. Otherwise this thread does not need to become another generalized Kapex issues topic.

Seth

 

[antss]

So what are we to make of the conventional wisdom?  And the extension cord charts that show up in tool owners manuals including festool's that say to use progressively larger gauge wire for longer runs ? 

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