It's almost done. Need to sand and detail it with my electric tools. Question: What will 300 feet 0f extention cord attached to the tools do to the motors?

Thanks.

Bob

It depends on the gauge of your ext cord and the amount of current your tools draw.
On a long run the heaver gauge 14 or preferbly 12 gauge is best.

Here is a online calculator for voltage and current loss.
http://www.jhlarson.com/ind_tables/volt/calc_voltdrop.htm

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http://harnettdesigns.com/

If you have cords with big wires it will be a lot better than those cheap thin cords. However 300 ft is a long pull for an extention cord.
If it were myself, I'd pull out the portable generator, something that most of us have down here in hurricane country.
You might check around and rent or barrow a generator, that would probably be less costly than replacing burned up power tools.
Good luck.
Wayne

All good advice, but take what you have and plug it in. First plug it into the house outlet and test it's speed and then progressively add your extension cords to see if it is losing speed. Use your heavies gauge cords close to the house. You will be able to test it right there. The generator does sound like the best idea, though, because unless you have an amperage gauge to hook up, you won't know for sure how much current you will have at the end of 300' of cord. That is an awful long distance man.

You can pick up an inverter at Harbor Frt. and hook it up to your truck battery. Make sure that you get one with a high enough output to run the tools you are using.

That is, if your able to drive close enough to your carve.

Mike K

AJ also suggested an inverter in an earlier post , I put one in my work trailer(2500 watts) because I put
a solar system on top (seemed like a good idea at the moment) i'm pleased with the results,
but it cost twice as much as my generator, small inverters are cheap as dirt but one with enough
power to run the tools we use tend to be expensive (amperage times voltage determines wattage needed).
If you go this route make sure the thing has a low voltage shut off point, mine at ten, or you
will be wishing you had carved a tow truck!...Best of luck..R.L.

If you use a generator dont forget the "Starting Watts."

On grinders and compressors ths can be much greater than the watts needed to run the tool..

I also live in Hurricane Country, 10 Miles North of the Gulf of Mexico. I have a generator and sold them for awhile. Everyone that could get their hands on any did after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina.

Starting watts on a generator are generally called "Peak" watts.

Too low and you could never get the tool to run, or burn up both the tool and the generator trying.