[ICOM] PW-1 220 VAC US wiring?

[Kent Hufford]

Yep.

Plan on have an electrician put in the circuit to the wall socket.

I doubt that he knows anything about wiring a PW-1 tho. And when I show him
page 5 of the PW1 manual, I don't think that will be much help either.

My best bet seems to be to talk him into putting in a 3-wire socket that
matches my current 3-wire 240v PW1.

Thanks,
Kent

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Doug Renwick
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:59 PM
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PW-1 220 VAC US wiring?


Here is a simple solution.
Change the PW-1 male plug to a 4 wire male plug.
In the 4 wire male plug ONLY connect the hot, hot and ground, leaving the
neutral(white) in the female socket unattached to your PW-1. I think with
your limited knowledge that you should have an electrician do the work so
you don't get hurt.

Doug 

The water jump is long and the barrier may be high, 
you might break every bone, but it's so much fun to fly!

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Kent Hufford
Sent: July 20, 2008 1:43 PM
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: [ICOM] PW-1 220 VAC US wiring?

Thank you Adam.

I guess I am not making myself very clear.

My Dryer HAD a 3-wire plug on it. I moved, and the new house has a 4-wire
socket. So, I had to rewire the Dryer with a 4-wire plug. The instructions
were in the Dryer owners manual.

My PW-1 HAS a 3-wire plug on it, that was used in VA on 200-240vac.

The instructions on p. 5 of the PW-1 user manual is fine for "3-wire"
connections. If I have to plug it into a 4-wire socket, how do I do that?

And I don't want to connect it to 120vac, and only get 500 watts out.

If an electric dryer manual can tell me how to hook it to 4-wire, then ICOM
or this forum should be able to tell me about my PW-1 too<g>.

Thanks
Kent 



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