On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 16:20:48 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>LRod wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:23:48 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> LIke clamps, you can never have enough outlets.
>>
>> Sure you can. All you have to do is put in enough. However, you can't
>> have too many, which is how that aphorism should be stated.
>
>Outlets are like time and disk space. The tools to be plugged in will
>expand to consume the outlets available.
With regard to disk space, I have long called that the Winchester
Corollary to Parkinson's Law. Parkinson's of course says that a job
will expand to consume the time alloted for it. The Winchester moniker
is a reference to early IBM hard drives (model 3030) being referred to
as Winchester drives.
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LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
> "MG" writes:
>
> > Will I need to have 220 outlets in my new shop?
>
> Not necessarily, but you will definitely need it available in the panel.
>
> Usually, 240VAC pieces of equipment are hard wired back to the panel and
> protected by a dedicated c'bkr.
>
> Things like an air compressor, a table saw, maybe even a dust collector, big
> jointer or even a planer.
Any machine with more than 2.5 true hp motor (ie draws more than 20
amps)
either needs 220 or bigger wires (why does the wire gauge go DOWN as
the wire diameter goes UP?)
> >I don't have any tools now
> > that use it, but would it be a good thing to have available?
>
> Yes.
Having 3 or 4 220 outlets is always handy. Put them in boxes large
enough for a quad panel and you can wire to accomodate two dual
outlets at 110. LIke clamps, you can never have enough outlets.
charlie b
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "MG" writes:
>
> > Will I need to have 220 outlets in my new shop?
>
> Not necessarily, but you will definitely need it available in the panel.
Dam I don't have any 240v in my panel, and at times it causes problems, (I
had to replace the 240v motor on my compressor) it seems to be a few volts
too low 208 or too high 480 :-)
http://wacworkshop.com/html/shop_services_gallery_9.html
"charlie b" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Any machine with more than 2.5 true hp motor (ie draws more than 20
> amps)
> either needs 220 or bigger wires (why does the wire gauge go DOWN as
> the wire diameter goes UP?)
Because guage is a measure of the quantity of an item that it takes to
occupy a given space. Bigger wire diameter, lesser number of the wires.
But, that was a trick question, right? Do I get a prize?
>
> Having 3 or 4 220 outlets is always handy. Put them in boxes large
> enough for a quad panel and you can wire to accomodate two dual
> outlets at 110. LIke clamps, you can never have enough outlets.
>
In the words of that famous rocker... "Too much is never enough"
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"MG" writes:
> Will I need to have 220 outlets in my new shop?
Not necessarily, but you will definitely need it available in the panel.
Usually, 240VAC pieces of equipment are hard wired back to the panel and
protected by a dedicated c'bkr.
Things like an air compressor, a table saw, maybe even a dust collector, big
jointer or even a planer.
>I don't have any tools now
> that use it, but would it be a good thing to have available?
Yes.
HTH
--
Lew
S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: <http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett> for Pictures
LRod wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:23:48 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> LIke clamps, you can never have enough outlets.
>
> Sure you can. All you have to do is put in enough. However, you can't
> have too many, which is how that aphorism should be stated.
Outlets are like time and disk space. The tools to be plugged in will
expand to consume the outlets available.
>
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> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:23:48 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
wrote:
> LIke clamps, you can never have enough outlets.
Sure you can. All you have to do is put in enough. However, you can't
have too many, which is how that aphorism should be stated.
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LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net