I know there are some electricians out there, so I'm hoping someone can help me with this:
we all know you can attach multiple receptacles to a single 120V circuit, providing the breaker and wire are sized to satisfy the sum of everything attached. This would be like having a drop light plugged in to one, a fan running on another, and then using a drill on another. The sum of all of these would be less than the 15A (assumed) circuit.
Can you do anything similar with 240V circuits and satisfy code? Say you have an existing 240V/40A circuit: is there any way to attach two separate 230V/8A tools to it? I'm trying to figure a way to avoid having to plug and unplug these, as it is sometimes awkward having to crawl around to do this. I don't want to run another circuit because the building is all wired and the inside is sheathed. I'll stick to the plug and unplug method if I have to, but logic would say that it should be able to be done.
we all know you can attach multiple receptacles to a single 120V circuit, providing the breaker and wire are sized to satisfy the sum of everything attached. This would be like having a drop light plugged in to one, a fan running on another, and then using a drill on another. The sum of all of these would be less than the 15A (assumed) circuit.
Can you do anything similar with 240V circuits and satisfy code? Say you have an existing 240V/40A circuit: is there any way to attach two separate 230V/8A tools to it? I'm trying to figure a way to avoid having to plug and unplug these, as it is sometimes awkward having to crawl around to do this. I don't want to run another circuit because the building is all wired and the inside is sheathed. I'll stick to the plug and unplug method if I have to, but logic would say that it should be able to be done.