Re: Wiring suggestions

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

My garage only has something like a #6 feeding it. It isnt very large and I
dont think it could handle 50 amps. I already have a 40 amp breaker in
there. It would have to be a 60 or 70 to be able to work because my dads
shop consumes about 5 amps continous and up to 20 amps peak. Plus, 30 amps
is 7.2 KVA, which is a lot of power even for big coils I would think. The
arc welder I am building will be able to run off of 240 volt 30 amp service
so it is no issue. I will look at home depot for appliance cable(3 wire) in
#8 or larger soon.

---Eric
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Subject: Re: Wiring suggestions


 > Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <arpit-at-inzo-dot-org>
 >
 > yep; 8 gauge sounds good. Why not go and put in a 50 amp socket with 6
 > gague wire to give room for future expansion? ANd for welders. ANd yep,
any
 > electricians supply place will help you.
 >   If you are only talkking about from socket to coil, then youll get away
 > with 14 gague if you do intermittant runs. 10 gague would be safer though.
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 > On 21/05/2004 at 8:17 AM Tesla list wrote:
 >
 >  >Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >I am making a control panel for my tesla coil which incorporates a 4
pack
 >  >MOT supply, a variac(controls 50%-100% power), and various other goodies
 >  >including a ballast. I am planning on drawing 25 amps maximum from the
 >  >wall(240 VAC socket for 6 kva)maximum. I currently have it wired up with
 >  >14
 >  >gauge wire which gets hot under some conditions. What gauge wire should
I
 >  >use to carry 25 amps of current in free air? I was thinking 8 gauge. Is
it
 >  >possible to get cable rated for that kind of power at 250 VAC(stranded
 >  >preferably). Thanks for any help you can give.
 >  >
 >  >---Eric
 >
 >
 >


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