Tom
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Kirchoff's law doesn't apply in this case
but you might be losing a lot of voltage (voltage drop) if the extention cord is too long and/or too small gauge
Can you tell what gauge wire your extension cord is? A typical "orange" 100' cord is usually 14 gauge, sometimes even 16 gauge. The cord doesn't have to feel hot or even warm to be dropping a substantial amount of voltage when talking about 100'. Find a good 50' 12 gauge cord and see what happens.CDN_Taxman said:Once (and only once) I noticed the cord was warm as well which suggested that maybe it is getting too old. I saw only once because that's the truth! It's always cold the other times.