Very Lucky. It could have been much worse. A good lesson for everyone. A lot of us have out buildings that we store/work on equipment in. I don't care if it is a garage or a shed, you really should take precautions. I always have an ABC extinguisher in each shed and several in the garage. If that had been a gas fire the water would have spread it all over the place.
I also make sure that I don't have any gasoline stored where I am working, a little heat + plastic jug of gas = crispy critter.
I also hope that your 200 ft extension cord is heavy duty, not one of those 16 or 14 gauge ones from the big box store. The current drop on that length when using tools could really shorten the life of the tool. As a rule, the one ones I use in the shop, 25 footers at 12 gauge and my 50 footers, (longest I will ever use) at at least 10 gauge.
And yes, you can see the difference in performance when using a heavy current drawing tool like big circular saw.
MikeC
I also make sure that I don't have any gasoline stored where I am working, a little heat + plastic jug of gas = crispy critter.
I also hope that your 200 ft extension cord is heavy duty, not one of those 16 or 14 gauge ones from the big box store. The current drop on that length when using tools could really shorten the life of the tool. As a rule, the one ones I use in the shop, 25 footers at 12 gauge and my 50 footers, (longest I will ever use) at at least 10 gauge.
And yes, you can see the difference in performance when using a heavy current drawing tool like big circular saw.
MikeC
