[TheForge] Induction Forge? How much power does it take to run it?

[Ries Niemi]

Thats the way I have wired the last 7 or 8 shops- always surface wiring 
in EMT- its easy to put up, easy to move around.
I usually run a piece all around the shop at about 4 feet off the 
floor, with 4 gang outlet boxes every 10 feet or so.
In my current shop, I have 200 amps of 3phase- and in about 6 spots 
around the shop, I have 50 amp 3 phase outlets- 4 prong outlets, kinda 
like a dryer outlet on steroids.
All my bigger 3 phase tools have a cord and plug on them, so I can move 
em around, and plug them in anywhere.
This is particularly handy for things like my angle rolls- normally 
they sit over to one side, but once in a while I need to roll a 20' 
length with only a mild curve to it- so I need to move them right to 
the middle of the room, with 20 foot runout on each side.
It is also handy for welders- my most used welder is a Miller 304 
inverter, which will do tig, stick, or mig. It has their auto sensing 
technology, so it can be plugged into any outlet and it will adapt to 
the power its given- single or 3 phase, or different voltages. So I can 
plug it in any big outlet and it will work.

Standardising the plugs is really the way to go.

ries


On Aug 25, 2006, at 6:50 AM, schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

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> On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
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>> 220v @ 60 amps it is. I want to make sure I don't short change an 
>> outlet in the new shop.Frosty
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> If I was building my shop again I would make all the wiring surface 
> wiring in conduit etc so that it would be easy to make changes later.
>
> Bob
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Ries Niemi
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