I recently purchased a 220v band saw for my shop that has a 30 amp plug. My shop has plenty of 220v outlets, but they are all wired to 50 amp plugs and protected by 50 amp breakers. The 50 amp circui
Circuit breakers are there to protect the wiring in the wall from the load, not the other way around. There is no reason for the additional circuit breaker. Peter Thomas _____________________________
Can't you just replace the breaker and the receptacle with 30 amp versions? http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/doug@dougbraun.com _______________________________________________ Shop-tal
Forgive my ignorance, but is there any reason not to replace the plug on the saw so that it plugs into your 50A socket? Breakers don't protect the load and the saw will draw 30A no matter what circui
Use wire sufficient to carry 50A, with a 30A receptacle at the end. No additional breaker needed. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/
If you really want to do all that, find a 30 amp RV outlet box with a breaker in it, and mount that to the side of the saw with a 50 amp cord to the wall outlet. But as noted, it's not really requir
I have had this very discussion with an electrician. I made the same arguments as the others replying, that a separate breaker isn't necessary. I lost. Fact of the matter is, if you really want to b
Most of these I see are like the one I use with my RV... They're intended to convert 30A 110vac to 50A 220vac (by putting the 'hot' leg on the 110 circuit to both hot legs on the 220 circuit, which
Gil, ... But it will not meet electrical code and will be slightly less safe. ... -Steve Trovato strovato@optonline.net Sorry but I need a little education here ... How then does every lamp, laptop p
Yes, that's exactly what I said to my electrician friend. The answer is that your clock radio is designed to handle faults involving up to 20 Amps. That is, if something goes wrong inside, it is supp
Sorry, I don't buy that. The cord on my clock radio is only about 20 AWG; it will get hot enough to burn at 15 amps and never blow the breaker. Just curious, since everyone is quoting "the code": Ar
I suppose your insurance company will deny a claim if you burn your house down due to a non-UL Listed device. Having said that... Plugging a lower-current device into a higher-current receptacle is d
UL approves devices that are against code. As an example, they have a rating for edison screw outlets. (A widget you screw into a light bulb socket to get a receptacle. ) -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@g
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> Your electrician friend is either confused or having fun with you. The clock radio I just took apart (to see if I could fix t
AFAIK, all motors in stationary power tools have built-in circuit breakers in any case. FWIW, Ron _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/
Back to the OP's question... I think the way to do what you originally asked to do is per a previous response... I.e. Run a 6 gauge flexible extention cord with a 50A plug from the 50A receptacle to
I wonder if the labels are even legit given most everything is made in China garbage. I think they get a hold of domestic products and just copy them, possibly not even knowing what Engrish on sticke
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Virtually everything plugged into a wall outlet would be in this category. I'm real suspicious of the tiny little charger that comes with an iphone. It's barely a 1" cube, and I'm plugging it into a