When you purchase a gasoline or dual-fuel generator, many people don't realize that you can't just string a normal extension cord into your house and expect to get all the juice to come through. Using a simple cord, like one you might use for your electric drill to reach out into the driveway simply won't work. It won't carry the full load from the generator properly. Basically, it's a bottleneck issue. You are trying to send all the electricity from a say…5,000 watt generator into your house or job site with a straw.
So how you do that is by using an extension cord like this one. It is heavy, thick, and loaded with copper strand wire. And that's exactly what you need to move the full power of the generator into your house or wherever, without tripping the breakers on the generator, or if you use a power strip in the house…the breakers on THAT.
This is the problem we had before we found this cord. If your generator has a 110/240 volt four-prong outlet on it, you will need this cord to come close to moving that 5,000 watts where you can use it. If you have hooked up your generator in an emergency with a single extension cord but found you were straining the generator or tripping breakers after running only 1,500-2,000 watts, you need this cord. Before you can USE the juice fully, you must first GET the juice into the house or onto the job site properly.
That's where this four-extension cord comes in. It's heavy enough to deliver the electricity into four separate 20-amp units. From there, you can then hook in your 'normal' three prong extension cords and run everything the generator will allow without straining or tripping breakers. Before I bought this cord, I was tripping breakers at around 2,000 watts when my generator was rated at 5,000 watts with a 6,250 watt surge. After I hooked it into the generator for a test, I was able to easily run everything, including two refrigerators at 250 watts each, a 1,200 watt microwave, and several other appliances.
BEFORE I bought this cord, I was tripping the breakers on the power strips and the generator at about 2,000 watts. AFTER, I was able to run the full amount of power available without a problem. The wires on this four-end cord are thicker than your thumb and solid copper. They will handle the load and no more problems.
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