[ARC5] [BoatAnchors] Powerstat Cover Plate needed

[Rich Post]

I had a similar situation with a 240 volt 7 amp Powerstat.  Bolted a cheap
blue plastic square utility box and blank cover over the opening and a
smaller blue utility box and duplex outlet to the side of the larger box.
Had to do some cutting on the larger box and drill some holes to match the
screw holes on the powerstat but the utility boxes are pretty tough and I
can now put my fingers anywhere on the Powerstat without getting zapped.

Wired the unit for 120 volt despite the advice from less knowledgeable
folks that it couldn't be done.  Actually had I wanted to, I could have
wired it for 0 to 240 volts with 120 input using the center tap connection
but decided to stay with 120 max out.

73 de Rich KB8TAD


On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Roy Morgan via BoatAnchors <
boatanchors at theporch.com> wrote:

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> Powerstat  ... missing the cover plate
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