or outside of the bucket while the reel is on top of it the reel does not have to be opened in order to load the cord and both ends are exposed throughout the winding process making it unnecessary for the cord to be completely unwound in order to access the plug end fig3 shows the measurements of the different constituents of the cord reel apparatus 300 several experiments and trials performed have yielded these ideal size measurements and position for all the constituents for optimizing the ease and pace of operation of winding and unwinding extension cords for the housing the outer diameter is represented by 310 is no greater than 11 inches and the outermost diameter including the lip protrusion is represented by 320 is 12 inches and height of the housing is represented by 340 is 4 75 inches are found to be the ideal measurements for the internal shaft spool the outer diameter is represented by 330 is 10 8 inches and height is represented by 350 is 4 5 inches are found to be the most ideal measurements for conveniently winding and unwinding a cord up to 50 feet the cord reel works best when.