I am trying to illuminate a tunnel about 3000' long temporarily with 9- 400 Watt Metal Halide fixtures spaced about 320' apart. I have a 120/240 generator single phase that I will use to back feed a 240/480 volt transformer to deliver 480 volts, single phase to the tunnel lights. At 480 volts I do not have a lot of load, only about 9 amps, but I am worried about the voltage drop using a romex type nm cable. By using the voltage drop formula I figured that I could use 10-2 romex and a buck / boost transformer every third light. Has anyone had some experience with using romex cable for long, long distances. I would appreciate any input. Thanks