Charles McWhorter
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What is the best way to roll up the detachable power cords? Mine is heavy and cumbersome!
blw2 said:mine is hardwired and not removable, but I just sorta stuff it into the little locker.....usually I have a rag in one hand...hard to explain but I kinda wipe and push wipe and push...to clean the dirt or whatever off....and then it just pays out when I pull it the next time
for regular extension cords I do a series of slip knots...a trick I learned I think from This Old House several years ago..
sorta like this I found with google, except I don't double it up by folding in half first....mine is just single strand. If you start from the correct end, you can drop it at the outlet and pull the end to the work site (or visa versa depending on how you wind it up) pulling out only what you need. Never tangles.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/no-more-tangled-extension-cords-how-to-wrap-up-your-extension-cord-like-a-contractor/
I wish I would have learned this years before, and I could have back all the wasted time I spent untangling coiled cords.
I don't see why it wouldn't work for a heavier cord.....
I've always been a bit afraid of those reels. When I was a teenager some friends and I were working on a car in my buddie's grandparents garage. He had hanging from the rafters a little reel with one of those shielded light bulb hang lights on the end...the ones with an outlet in the handle. like the attached photo...except imagine an old timey incandescent bulb
So we had the light hanging and something plugged into the handle....a drill I think. The cord was pulled part way out of the reel. Well,the remaining coil inside the reel built up enough heat to catch fire.
I know the cord was no doubt over amped..and I know that thousands of RV's use them without issue.....but still, a coiled wire carrying a load will be hotter then one stretched out, so....
HappyWanderer said:We do a lot of rallies, so we need to get creative with hookups occasionally. This weekend I didn't need any, but did lend out a 30-amp and 50-amp cord. We also carry a 125 of water hose for the same reason.