Length of cord plus the gauge of wire gives you an amp rating. Gauge of wire plus amp rating will give you how long it can be. Gauge, length, and amps are inseparable, yet the artice repetitively leaves out one of them while advising. Not to mention the obviously embedded advirtising, because the story helps drive you…

The info in this article is dangerous. For example. The advice for a Circular Saw is a 100 ft cord at 12gauge. This is WRONG and for some reason this specific advise about 100 ft cords is like an epidemic. Almost all circular saws nowadays are 15A. A 100 ft cord running 15A has to be 10g or thicker. A 100 ft cord at…