Hello,
I have a device that is listed as drawing 7300VA. I take it VA are just V * A? So if I divide by 240V, I get 30.417 Amps. If I divide by 220V, I get 33.182 Amps.
We have 1-phase coming into the house, 200-amp breaker. What would be the best way to wire this up? Use just 20-amp breakers? The plug is an IEC 60309 3-wire (blue), so I'd need to find an outlet for it. Don't think Home Depot or Lowes is gonna carry any outlets for that.
Also, this is for installation in my basement, I live in NY. I believe we have to use NM-B 12-3, wouldn't we? And just find an outlet that accepts the IEC 60309 3-wire? Gotta figure out how hard it'd be to hook the outlet up. We want to keep it up to code. Should I run the whole thing through conduit? I'm only going to be going about 11 foot, give or take, from the panel. Suggestions on how to do this proper like are greatly welcomed.
I've ran 240 before, but never a weird one, like this. I've done the NEMA L6-30-R's. What's odd is the professional electrician we hired to replace the main box and subpanel with a 200-amp panel, he ran conduit for the NEMA L6-30-R's, but only up the walls. Then he just ran it on the side of the 1st-floor floor joists (they're open down here) or under them, on the 2" part, and stapled them. Not sure if that's code or not, but I guess he's the best in the area, and the code enforcer passed it, NYSEG new him personally, and it took him very little time to do EVERYTHING! He's just very, very expensive.
I have a device that is listed as drawing 7300VA. I take it VA are just V * A? So if I divide by 240V, I get 30.417 Amps. If I divide by 220V, I get 33.182 Amps.
We have 1-phase coming into the house, 200-amp breaker. What would be the best way to wire this up? Use just 20-amp breakers? The plug is an IEC 60309 3-wire (blue), so I'd need to find an outlet for it. Don't think Home Depot or Lowes is gonna carry any outlets for that.
Also, this is for installation in my basement, I live in NY. I believe we have to use NM-B 12-3, wouldn't we? And just find an outlet that accepts the IEC 60309 3-wire? Gotta figure out how hard it'd be to hook the outlet up. We want to keep it up to code. Should I run the whole thing through conduit? I'm only going to be going about 11 foot, give or take, from the panel. Suggestions on how to do this proper like are greatly welcomed.
I've ran 240 before, but never a weird one, like this. I've done the NEMA L6-30-R's. What's odd is the professional electrician we hired to replace the main box and subpanel with a 200-amp panel, he ran conduit for the NEMA L6-30-R's, but only up the walls. Then he just ran it on the side of the 1st-floor floor joists (they're open down here) or under them, on the 2" part, and stapled them. Not sure if that's code or not, but I guess he's the best in the area, and the code enforcer passed it, NYSEG new him personally, and it took him very little time to do EVERYTHING! He's just very, very expensive.
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