Sberry
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Ya, why have a couple simple safe circuits when he could complicate it with junk he doesn't need.
Welder/Plasma supply wireing, need homework graded
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Everybody need busduct. Its de manly way.
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BO box should IMO demand the discipline of no two machines connected in use at the same time. (bet (removed) would, he's such a tease and would leave that out 
) It's still the breaker for it that'd trip with over draw.
I might have 6-20, 6-50, and 10-50 outlets therein for versatility, but 20 & 30a bits might also want to be fused proper accordingly by themselves.
Lucky for me when remodeling I may move switches, outlets, GFCIs, but rarely have to add any to existing 15 or 20a circuits. (... and what power balance does for your bill)
So I do mostly new work and every outlet gets its own breaker. Exceptions might be 110 (120v) outlets over a workbench or around walls, but that's about it, and done for convenience vs for all to be used. 220 (240v) outlet or hard-wired always get breaker per or y'all can DIY your own s__. I'll bring my own coffee to watch that part.
) It's still the breaker for it that'd trip with over draw.I might have 6-20, 6-50, and 10-50 outlets therein for versatility, but 20 & 30a bits might also want to be fused proper accordingly by themselves.
Lucky for me when remodeling I may move switches, outlets, GFCIs, but rarely have to add any to existing 15 or 20a circuits. (... and what power balance does for your bill)
So I do mostly new work and every outlet gets its own breaker. Exceptions might be 110 (120v) outlets over a workbench or around walls, but that's about it, and done for convenience vs for all to be used. 220 (240v) outlet or hard-wired always get breaker per or y'all can DIY your own s__. I'll bring my own coffee to watch that part.
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Always like seein pictures of weld carts guys build. Dey stack up machines on top tiny wheels and hang tanks on cart, den got power cord from each machine stretched to wall. Even know of guys (no name mentioned) who use scope carts dey scored someplace so machine slanted cause dey gut too big to bend over and set all de button & knob.
Keep askin but nobody yet got answer for why dey don't just build plugstrip into cart.
Gotta hunt up picture my cube tap splitter.
Bus duct drives wimmens completely wild.
Keep askin but nobody yet got answer for why dey don't just build plugstrip into cart.
Gotta hunt up picture my cube tap splitter.
Bus duct drives wimmens completely wild.
Sberry
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I am sorry to anyone I offend. Wasn't meant to be personal but it's obvious this forum needs a couple more/other guys to go on to some detail about some of the fundamentals of circuit design that are incomplete. Thanks to a couple mails that said keep e it up but its distracting.
The concepts I am talking about were not invented by me. I did the same thing,, why but till I figured out they had thought it pretty well thru
Some of this is magnified due to the nature of welding machines.
The concepts I am talking about were not invented by me. I did the same thing,, why but till I figured out they had thought it pretty well thru
Some of this is magnified due to the nature of welding machines.
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Don't buy carts... Build cart with largest wheels practical..... And some people actually do understand plug in strip on cart...
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Sberry
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At first it seems that having multiple machines might be a concern with 2 outlets butwiref correctly it's not. In order to understand this it's important to understand some other principles involved in seleting the wire size and overcurrent.
Sberry
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To the original poster. This is a bunch of mental masturbation doesn't need to be at this point. I assume you do this cause there is something you want to do
Sberry
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Some of this is generalization and not gospel but the welder and the range deliberately have a different plug so as the guy can't come along with range and tap a welder circuit.
It wasn't by accident they configure zillions of plugs and cord ends. They size the wire the nature of the fuse and breaker so as it will trip time on thermal even with smaller wire before over heating it. That's kind of basic but another thing to consider is that the minus are single circuit in pipe so there are conditions, not any 12 wire but single circuit and this will lead up to a proper common installation that should be recommended to the op.
Most of the time some of the upside is ok, not always. It may throw othrr aspects out of compliance but
It wasn't by accident they configure zillions of plugs and cord ends. They size the wire the nature of the fuse and breaker so as it will trip time on thermal even with smaller wire before over heating it. That's kind of basic but another thing to consider is that the minus are single circuit in pipe so there are conditions, not any 12 wire but single circuit and this will lead up to a proper common installation that should be recommended to the op.
Most of the time some of the upside is ok, not always. It may throw othrr aspects out of compliance but
Sberry
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So we a re talking about a welder plug not a range, a range requires 8 pipe 6 cable.
To the op who has a synchro. It is considered somewhat industrial and the circuot, the cord is to be tailored by the instaler. Thete is a diffetence if i am buying or using free
I have a couple outlets with 6
To the op who has a synchro. It is considered somewhat industrial and the circuot, the cord is to be tailored by the instaler. Thete is a diffetence if i am buying or using free
I have a couple outlets with 6