It is about time we designed our own EHU storage;

18"diameter (no smaller)
2.5" wide
Light
Ventilated

Off you go, invent away!

I can't believe how many still believe that it is not important to FULLY unwind electric cable I often have to site the case of a young lad , who worked in the same workshop as me, knew it all of course ! Frequently used a vacuum cleaner with a roll up lead not fully unwound inside, kept telling him to fully unwind - but thought I was talking rubbish . You can guess what happened one day - a molten mess of cable and plastic and smoke ! Not a good idea in a motor workshop with fuel fumes etc ! Or indeed on a Campsite !

IT REALLY IS FACT THAT AN ELECTRIC CABLE WILL GET VERY HOT IF USED COILED UP EVEN WITH A MODERATE CURRENT PASSING THROUGH

(sorry to shout)

Quote: crow wrote in post #16

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It is about time we designed our own EHU storage;

18"diameter (no smaller)
2.5" wide
Light
Ventilated

Off you go, invent away!

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Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #20

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Quote: Pepé Le Pew wrote in post #19

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If the cable is really wet, I dry it off with a scruffy old dog towel as it's wound on.

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That's easy for you to say, matey, but what are we supposed to do if we haven't got a scruffy old dog?

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I was thinking along the lines of a foldable wooden 'X' plenty of ventilation
and no tight bend radiuses that can damage the fine copper conductors

I've never bovvered to wind the cables round anything or into anything. They're just wound up loose, like a matelot's cable and is shoved under the front dinette when travelling. If damp one of our heap of beardie towels is used to dry it orf.

I was thinking instead of a bag what about a box? it would contain any water if put away wet and hardware stores everywhere seem to have piles of cheap plastic storage boxes available in several sizes.

The problem with boxes is they demand a space, even when empty.
The X cross could fold up and be tucked away while the cable is being
used. Circular bags are good, the zips are too puny though.
I would make one but I don't have time at the mo, we are coming your
way on wednesday, Neville, CC Sandringham for a week.

We use a flexi builders tub for the cable not wound up too tight and just drop it in. The builders flexi tub then becomes a receptacle for wet/muddy boots whilst on site - HWPTB insists that all items purchased for Marmite must have two uses. Mind you some of the stuff I've bought has been challenged on the grounds that it has only one practical use - the other use, I say smiling sweetly, is decorative