Extension cord help

[fmf816]

Hi,

I have a hobart 210 handler and need to make a 25' extension cord. Can anybody tell me what size wire I need? The guy at Home Depoyt says I need 6/3 I was hoping I could use 10/3? Any info would be great.

Thanks,
Grant

[Wyoming]

The Owner's Manual for your model indicates a min. gauge of 14, pg 14 0r 15, but that isn't for a flexible cable. A 10 ga. cable/cord should work fine...unless you are talking a very long run.

[Broccoli1]

Hi,

I have a hobart 210 handler and need to make a 25' extension cord. Can anybody tell me what size wire I need? The guy at Home Depoyt says I need 6/3 I was hoping I could use 10/3? Any info would be great.

Thanks,
Grant

I imagine the reason the HD dood is suggesting 6/3 is because the Plug on the machine is a 50amp rated plug...

but you don't need 50amp capacity Cord as the 210 draws 24 amps at 150amp Rated output.

Go over to the Extension cord aisle and pick up a Rigid 10/3 25' or 50' Cord- I think they are about 50 bux. and then just replace the Plugs on the end to 6-50.

I think the 10/3 cord by the foot is about $1.89

[Sberry]

A number 10 wire and a 30A breaker is a tailor made setup for this machine.

[MAC702]

#10 is a great choice, you don't even have to derate it for the duty cycle. You could use #12 at that distance if you were cheap.

[Sberry]

One reason I like the 10 is it fits the connections in the plugs and recepts better than smaller wires. Also V drop is negligible with this class of machine.

[fmf816]

Thank you everyone!!!!!

Thank you everyone!!!!! I got the 10/3 wire and I have a 30A breaker. Thank you so much everyone.

Thanks,
Grant

[superscubadude]

i read u can go 66 feet with 10/3 so i made a 60 footer.

[Sberry]

On that machine you could go to 100 ft with 10 no problem.

[TX-WJ]

Read quite a bit before rigging my extension for my new HH210; went to Home Depot and got 50 ft. of 10/3 SOOW cable, made myself a water tight NEMA 6-50r box and added a 14-30p to the other end (minus the Neutral leg which I removed since not needed), hooked up to my existing 4 plug 30 amp breakered(sp?) dryer outlet (I have a gas dryer so I'm golden ); it now reacher anywhere in my garage.

Worked like a charm, thanks weld talk for the useful info.