Hello everyone,
I've a Martin Industries-Kingston Series space heater 120V 1500W with two modes of operation LOW and HIGH. LOW mode is around 750W I guess and HIGH is 1500W. I've plugged this to a 120V 20A outlet and it works fine but the wire from the heater is too short from my work table so I wanted to extend it. From the wall outlet I have no issues running at both modes.
But since I wanted to extend the length of the heater I made myself one from an outlet box, 20A NEMA outlet and a wire. Unfortunately that wire wasn't able to handle more than 10A so can only run in LOW mode. So, I used the 125V 15A power extension cord (picture below) with circuit breaker. But even on this the breaker on the power cord trips after 15 seconds.I meant the breaker on the power extension cord not my wall circuit breaker. My wall outlet voltage is 121.8V. So, theoretically it should draw around 12.3A at 1500W only right? In the morning its so cold its unbearable, I need to run in HIGH mode
Thanks in advance.
I've a Martin Industries-Kingston Series space heater 120V 1500W with two modes of operation LOW and HIGH. LOW mode is around 750W I guess and HIGH is 1500W. I've plugged this to a 120V 20A outlet and it works fine but the wire from the heater is too short from my work table so I wanted to extend it. From the wall outlet I have no issues running at both modes.
But since I wanted to extend the length of the heater I made myself one from an outlet box, 20A NEMA outlet and a wire. Unfortunately that wire wasn't able to handle more than 10A so can only run in LOW mode. So, I used the 125V 15A power extension cord (picture below) with circuit breaker. But even on this the breaker on the power cord trips after 15 seconds.I meant the breaker on the power extension cord not my wall circuit breaker. My wall outlet voltage is 121.8V. So, theoretically it should draw around 12.3A at 1500W only right? In the morning its so cold its unbearable, I need to run in HIGH mode
Thanks in advance.
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