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Originally Posted by duck enticer
I rigged up a toggle switch to a waterproof electrical cord like that. I think I had about 100'. You want to make sure to get a chord that is only as short as you need and a gauge wire that doesn't cause your battery to wear quick (thinner gauge wire)......You will see what I am talking about real quick. Those batteries don't last long when you ask them to run through 100' of extension chord wire to complete a circuit. Just takes a lot of juice.
Maybe an electrician could comment, and I could learn something, but those batteries don't last near as long running through that chord and here is why I think that is the case.
All I remember is E =I*R from a home an electronics course I took. R = resistance, and with that long chord and large gauge wire Resistance goes up. Therefore as R goes up you get less voltage (E)
I tried the remotes too....They don't seem to work outside of about 50 foot. Also, if the receiver gets wet they are caput. I went through 3 of them in 2 years. I am a little tired of that.
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I'm an electrician and i support this message, in this case however its I=E/R that your concerned about. Longer the wire the more the resistance which means more amps which means quicker battery draw, also under sized wire will cause the wire to "heat " up causing more electrical resistance then back to more amps. The golf cart battery and adding a solar panel charger could be an option, I'd hardwire a switch though instead of plug unplug for on off. I would think 16-14 ga extension wire would be plenty at 100'. "small print disclosure". I was wrong once before though lol.