220v extension cord question

[UniqueTouch]

Hey guys I purchased a 50fter last year and still have it in the box. I thought it was going to be long enough to go from my driveway where my ranger gxt250 is at and run it to my shed in the back yard so i can plug my tig welder in. Unfortunately I am about 20-30ft short. I was wondering if I could use that and another 25ft 220 cord and plug them together. If they were both rated at 50amps? If anyone has experience with doing this or has purchased a 75-100ft 220v 50 amp cord let me know and where you found one. Have been striking out on located one that long and would rather only have to purchase another 25-50fter due to price. Thanks guys

[Broccoli1]

You can connect them together.

You'll lose a little voltage at that distance.


I'm assuming you can't wheel the Ranger closer

[UniqueTouch]

Thank youBroccoli I appreciate it. The extensions cord i have is 8awg. You think I can get away with two 50ft ones or should i just go with the 50fter I have and a 25fter? Im probably not going to exceed 60 percent of the machines output when Im using them anyway.

[UniqueTouch]

Yes this thing is in the back of my truck and My fence is stopping me from getting back there. Well really the deck is more than the fence. I would remedy the fence situation if the deck wasnt there. Sucks I cannot get 220 at the house without upgrading my panel.

[Broccoli1]

100' will be fine.


Not sure I follow on the 240v to the house as every house is actually fed 240v.

Did you mean there's no room in the current panel to add a sub panel in the shed?

[UniqueTouch]

Hey Broc. Yes 240 i mean. Yes no room in my panel and the electrician I had said I need to upgrade to a 200 amp system to get a 240 plug put in my shed.

[Broccoli1]

I'm in the same boat.

Luckily I have power at my work for the heavy lifting and my Passport on 120v works fine for the small projects at home.

[Kevin_Essiambre]

Is this going to be a "temporary" setup? If it is, I'd buy a longer cord so there's no plug part exposed to the weather. This way you don't have to worry about the cord getting wet one day.

Temporary (for welding a few things in the yard), just use what you have.

[ccawgc]

depending on how your box is mounted and local rules, changing the box up to 200 amp is not a big job. done about 4 family owned houses. with owner permits.
In my area of California once you cut power the power company can't reconnect with out a signed off permit. For me is was fairly simple. But I have installed a lot of heavy powered equipment. Just have to make arrangements with your inspector and make sure you are on his inspection list for the day for the change.
Have power cut at 8 am and go to work. disconnect all wires and pull panel off the house. mount new panel and riser with weather head. correct size wires from panel to weather head and hanging out and foot or two. connect grounds to new stake if needed, make sure the gas line is grounded and hot water heater grounded the way the inspector want it. just ask them how they want it. At this point you can call for inspection or the inspector will just show up. on my sons house the inspector show up early, we were just laying out the ground wires to the stake when he showed up.
he gave us the turn on permit any way. didn't have one breaker installed.
You install all of them while your waiting on the power company to turn the power back on. once power is on you call for your final if needed. all depends on you local
You can always find an electrician/handyman to help you. if you can buy all the parts your self. think mine cost less than $300 dollars including the permit.
You could check with electrical supply houses and see it they will recommend a small independent electrician that will work for cash. Might be able to get it installed for $500 to $600 parts , permit and labor.

[farmersammm]

Ampacity is generally rated at 100'. Anything within that range, if the cords are the same ga, shouldn't show appreciable voltage drop.

100' 6ga feeder running to container, heater hardwired with 10ga. 5Kw heater running on high.

With two heaters running, I seem to remember it dropped another coupla volts. This was last Winter, and I'm getting older by the day, so the ol' noodle doesn't have the recall it used to

[farmersammm]

Or...............this mighta been the second circuit for the third heater

If it was the second circuit, it's 100' 10ga all the way. Feeder, and hardwire inside container. Either way.........you ain't gonna experience any meaningful voltage drop.

[wb4rt]

I would buy another 25’ cord if that is long enough. I’d be more concerned about the weight of the cords and rolling in and out a lot. Those things get heavy and hard to store. A 100’ cord would be a lot for an old guy like me to wrestle.

[ronsii]

I would buy another 25’ cord if that is long enough. I’d be more concerned about the weight of the cords and rolling in and out a lot. Those things get heavy and hard to store. A 100’ cord would be a lot for an old guy like me to wrestle.

I have a few 50's and a few 25's the 50's are just long enough to be cumbersome so I can only imagine how the 100's would be

[Broccoli1]

8 gauge easy peasy

Try some 5-wire #2

[Kevin_Essiambre]

8 gauge easy peasy

Try some 5-wire #2

That photo reminds me of my carnival days. 4/0 single conductor 3 phase, 1/0 5 conductor cable, all kinds of fun stuff. Most of them were 100' or longer.

[Broccoli1]

That photo reminds me of my carnival days. 4/0 single conductor 3 phase, 1/0 5 conductor cable, all kinds of fun stuff. Most of them were 100' or longer.

The lite weight stuff eh?

[Kevin_Essiambre]

The lite weight stuff eh?

Oh yeah, definitely.

Sure made it seem like 15 amp extension cords were string when coiling them up haha.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you have all those #2 cables with cam lock connectors?

[Broccoli1]

Oh yeah, definitely.

Sure made it seem like 15 amp extension cords were string when coiling them up haha.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you have all those #2 cables with cam lock connectors?

Motion Picture/ Photo lighting.

I rent out Grip and Lighting for photo shoots.

We don't really run 4/0 since most photo shoots are not drawing as much power as film lights.

I do have to make multiple runs from the generator so we will just run a short 4/0 jumper to a Distro box then run the #2 5 wire to another distro then down to a small distro box with regular 5-15 receptacles.

Once in awhile we have to run power to 10k, 12k or 18k lights.

[Kevin_Essiambre]

Motion Picture/ Photo lighting.

I rent out Grip and Lighting for photo shoots.

We don't really run 4/0 since most photo shoots are not drawing as much power as film lights.

I do have to make multiple runs from the generator so we will just run a short 4/0 jumper to a Distro box then run the #2 5 wire to another distro then down to a small distro box with regular 5-15 receptacles.

Once in awhile we have to run power to 10k, 12k or 18k lights.

That makes way more sense than a welding shop... Neat.

I'm on the hunt for 4/4 Type W cable for my new welder... I will be the only residential electrician /hobby welder with a 114 amp extension cord, at least that i know of.

100' of that cable is a fudging pretty penny though. My price on it is $27.95/meter from one supplier... it's a good thing I'm not in a rush to buy this cable...