I was hoping to to double check my cord length before moving to a new rental property, where I may or may not have to run a very long 10gauge wire from the laundry room to the garage.
I currently use 5500watt elements (only using 1 at a time right now) with a hosehead controller and 8' of 10 gauge SJEOOW (https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/cable10.htm). I might be moving to a house where the the laundry room (i.e., 240v outlet) is far from the garage (where our brewing would be) and may need to run a 100-200ft cord.
Online calculators show the voltage loss isn't too bad, about 2% at 100 feet at 23amps. Wanted to gut check that this was in the ballpark and not affect things to terribly much.
http://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html?material=copper&wiresize=3.277&voltage=240&phase=dc&noofconductor=1&distance=100&distanceunit=feet&eres=23&x=74&y=22
I currently use 5500watt elements (only using 1 at a time right now) with a hosehead controller and 8' of 10 gauge SJEOOW (https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/cable10.htm). I might be moving to a house where the the laundry room (i.e., 240v outlet) is far from the garage (where our brewing would be) and may need to run a 100-200ft cord.
Online calculators show the voltage loss isn't too bad, about 2% at 100 feet at 23amps. Wanted to gut check that this was in the ballpark and not affect things to terribly much.
http://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html?material=copper&wiresize=3.277&voltage=240&phase=dc&noofconductor=1&distance=100&distanceunit=feet&eres=23&x=74&y=22