Tech question & Input

[SoulC]

Hey guys,

I had some tech questions and looking for input. I have an electric chainsaw, the brand is The Handy. It is a powerful 2000 watt motor with a 16" blade. I like to trim my trees around the house with it. My wife likes me to trim some overgrowth around the property and build her a fire outside in the firepit. But, my dumb luck, I accidentally cut the power cord in half last time I used it. So now I need to put a new short cord in it that actually goes into the saw itself. I was curious if I could put a bigger gauge of wire to it or if there is any performance upgrades I could do to this bad boy. I am ready to get cutting again! Any input and help would be appreciated!

 

[EFSM]

Hey guys,

I had some tech questions and looking for input. I have an electric chainsaw, the brand is The Handy. It is a powerful 2000 watt motor with a 16" blade. I like to trim my trees around the house with it. My wife likes me to trim some overgrowth around the property and build her a fire outside in the firepit. But, my dumb luck, I accidentally cut the power cord in half last time I used it. So now I need to put a new short cord in it that actually goes into the saw itself. I was curious if I could put a bigger gauge of wire to it or if there is any performance upgrades I could do to this bad boy. I am ready to get cutting again! Any input and help would be appreciated!

I doubt the limitation is the power cord. You should really see if your wife wants you to clean up badly enough to justify either a battery or gas chainsaw. A plug-in will be too much frustration in the long run.

 

[SoulC]

Hmmm! Will give it a good thought thanks.

 

[Coupe]

Bigger gauge cable would be better. The heavier the cable the less power loss.

 

[Nutball]

Yes, as big of gauge as you can go from breaker to motor.

 

[Duce]

Oh no! He said blade, must not know the harassment one gets referring to bar as blade.

 

[Woodslasher]

2/0 battery cable FTW!

 

[Woodwackr]

Hey guys,

I had some tech questions and looking for input. I have an electric chainsaw, the brand is The Handy. It is a powerful 2000 watt motor with a 16" blade. I like to trim my trees around the house with it. My wife likes me to trim some overgrowth around the property and build her a fire outside in the firepit. But, my dumb luck, I accidentally cut the power cord in half last time I used it. So now I need to put a new short cord in it that actually goes into the saw itself. I was curious if I could put a bigger gauge of wire to it or if there is any performance upgrades I could do to this bad boy. I am ready to get cutting again! Any input and help would be appreciated!

Just splice it and heat shrink…done.
Unless you are trying to use a 100’, 16g cord, going bigger won’t make much difference.

 

[SoulC]

Oh no! He said blade, must not know the harassment one gets referring to bar as blade.

Lol. My bad

 

[cus_deluxe]

oof…seems like if you are cutting the cord on your electric saw you might wanna pay more attention to what you are doing rather than hot-rodding extension cords. but thats just me…

 

[hacskaroly]

So now I need to put a new short cord in it that actually goes into the saw itself. I was curious if I could put a bigger gauge of wire to it or if there is any performance upgrades I could do to this bad boy.

I don't think putting a short larger gauge wire on it will do anything for you. Without pictures I am assuming you will have a short cord from the saw which you will plug into a longer extension cord, is this a correct assessment? If so, then you will probably want to match the gauge of your extension cord. If you are looking for more power, then changing to a battery operated or gas operated unit will be what you want.