How you charge your car?

I bought a 10/3 guage cord. It still gets slightly warm, but not nearly as the 12 guage. I feel that it's safe.

 

My “lesson learned” horror story...

I was trying to warm up a hangar using two space heaters. I plugged them into a cord reel extension cord and seemed good to go.

Until the power went out in the hangar - tripped breaker that would not reset. Reason? The insulation on the portion of the extension cord still on the reel had melted, shorting the whole mess together.

If I knew then what I know now...

 

Good story. And is exactly why back in post #19 I specifically stated that one of my qualifications for safe extension cord use is “fully uncoiled”. Retractable or wrapped/bundled extension cords are not an acceptable alternative. Cooled cords can’t dissipate heat and will melt themselves into a mass every time when asked to carry a big load...

Uncoiled cords is one of those rules of electricity that simply must be followed...​

 

Last sentence of previous paragraph should read “coiled cords...”, not cooled cords...

 

Is coiled and cooled acceptable?

We always “coiled” excess cable into a figure 8. Never had to put it on ice.

 

Is L1 bad for the battery long term?

 

No.