The BrewZilla comes with a 6-foot power cord. Of course the objective is the lowest resistance cord possible to minimize voltage drop, and hence allow maximum power at the brew unit. But the 6-foot length is a bit too constraining for me, and I'm looking for something like 8-foot.
Kicking off an Amazon shopping search, I figured if I could go up from the 14 AWG sizing to something like 12 AWG, I'll have higher copper cross-section, and hence less voltage drop. That search didn't go well, so instead I focused on power cords rated for 20A instead of 15A (since I have a 20A receptacle on the wall in my brewery. But as I dove deeper into the Amazon comparison shopping black hole, I started to wonder if I was really getting anything as I compared across these cords.
On the one end, I'm constrained to a C13 connection to mate to the brewing unit. And I don't know if that right there sets the limitation that I won't be able to get anything with a larger diameter than 14 AWG. And if I'm limited to 14 AWG, is there really any difference between cords that will affect my voltage drop (other than the length)?
Kicking off an Amazon shopping search, I figured if I could go up from the 14 AWG sizing to something like 12 AWG, I'll have higher copper cross-section, and hence less voltage drop. That search didn't go well, so instead I focused on power cords rated for 20A instead of 15A (since I have a 20A receptacle on the wall in my brewery. But as I dove deeper into the Amazon comparison shopping black hole, I started to wonder if I was really getting anything as I compared across these cords.
On the one end, I'm constrained to a C13 connection to mate to the brewing unit. And I don't know if that right there sets the limitation that I won't be able to get anything with a larger diameter than 14 AWG. And if I'm limited to 14 AWG, is there really any difference between cords that will affect my voltage drop (other than the length)?
