New Freezer. Extension Cord Use?
Purchased a new freezer from Costco last week.
Finally brought her down to the basement and unboxed her and was getting ready to set it up only to realize, I have no useable outlets where I wanna put it. Basement is unfinished.
Only have 2 outlets down there. 1 outlet is by the stairs that is currently used by the sump pump and my CO2 sensor.
2nd remaining outlet is bolted onto where my breaker panel is, on the wall, directly beside my water heater and furnace.
Ideally I would like to put it near the stairs but that would require a long ass extension and reading owners manual says "DO NOT USE" extension cord on this. Plug into grounded 3 prong outlet only is recommended.
Googling says don't use long cord due to voltage drop, which can cause damage to the motor. So I can move it close to the breaker panel and get a small 3-6" cord but it must be 10-12 gauge. Do not use 14-16 as it will overheat and cant handle the load and fire etc.
Okay to use cord? Teach me Beyond old gurus. I dont wanna burn my house down
Or just place freezer in garage and be done.