We are moving soon and the new place has a building out back that will someday, after I finish all of my other inside work, become a brew-pub. But, for now I'm going to be using it for a place to store my brewing stuff.
I have a fermentation fridge that I want to use but, there is no electricity to the building yet. I've heard that running a long extension cord to a fridge is a bad Idea. In fact, my brother and I put a beer fridge in his storage shed a few years ago on an extension cord and the fridge died pretty quick.
For a temporary solution, I'm thinking that I could get some heavy wire from an electrical supply store and build an extension cord that could carry enough current that it wouldn't damage the compressor.
Good/bad idea?
If so, what size wire would be best?
Is there some sort of ratio for "size of wire vs. length of wire run" that I should know?
Thanks.
I have a fermentation fridge that I want to use but, there is no electricity to the building yet. I've heard that running a long extension cord to a fridge is a bad Idea. In fact, my brother and I put a beer fridge in his storage shed a few years ago on an extension cord and the fridge died pretty quick.
For a temporary solution, I'm thinking that I could get some heavy wire from an electrical supply store and build an extension cord that could carry enough current that it wouldn't damage the compressor.
Good/bad idea?
If so, what size wire would be best?
Is there some sort of ratio for "size of wire vs. length of wire run" that I should know?
Thanks.