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Fairtax4me · 10-30-2022, 10:16 PM

Mount it on the wall and hang the cord from a hook or use a bungee or elastic strap to keep it pulled up off the floor.

You can’t use a reel for the DC side. The amperage is too high even for an 8awg reel. With DC the longer the cord the more drop you have in voltage (due to resistance of the cord) which leads to incorrect and incomplete charging. It also causes heat build-up in the cord which can cause problems if the cord is coiled up and enclosed in a reel housing. Keeping the cord suspended by a separate reel with a string or rope of some sort could work. You would have to hang the charger from a mount of some sort. Maximum cord length for most 15A chargers is around 12 feet.

10-30-2022, 10:16 PM	#8
Fairtax4me Bonafide Nincompoop Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Charlottesburg Va Posts: 8,987	Re: Overhead/Retractable Charger Mount it on the wall and hang the cord from a hook or use a bungee or elastic strap to keep it pulled up off the floor. You can’t use a reel for the DC side. The amperage is too high even for an 8awg reel. With DC the longer the cord the more drop you have in voltage (due to resistance of the cord) which leads to incorrect and incomplete charging. It also causes heat build-up in the cord which can cause problems if the cord is coiled up and enclosed in a reel housing. Keeping the cord suspended by a separate reel with a string or rope of some sort could work. You would have to hang the charger from a mount of some sort. Maximum cord length for most 15A chargers is around 12 feet.