[TheForge] Fw: temporary welder setup

[David E. Smucker]

If the welder is rated for a 30 amp breaker then you should be just fine 
with Number 10 wire for the 220 volt feed.  Since you will be on a 50 amp 
breaker, you will not have protection for your feed from the receptacle out 
to the welder unless you have a dead short.  Still this welder is rated at 
only taking 21.7 amps at 230 volts.  You should not have any problem with 
you temporary feed outside of the building for the welder.

Note that none of this applies for a feed inside the building -- in which 
case you need to have either a 30 amp breaker for the # 10 wire or if you 
have a 50 amp breaker and # 6 wire.
By the way are you sure this is a 50 amp breaker?  Most dryers are 30 amp. 
Stoves are either amp 40 (# 8) or 50 amp (# 6).

The key here is that this is a temporary feed!! Outside the building or at 
least not in the walls and hidden.

Dave Smucker
Brasstown, NC

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From: "Andy Gladish" <gladish at cablerocket.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:21 PM
To: <damales at pollybutte.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" 
<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] temporary welder setup

> That is a good workaround, but I meant to say that I have more than enough
> to make the run, but not to make multiple runs.
> The danger for me in doing that would be my lisdexia kicking in and
> splicing the right wire to the wrong wire.
> Isn't there a simple formula to find out how many 220 amps the welder is
> drawing at a given setting? Seems like I've done that before... anyway,
> what I don't get is, the welder is rated to run on a 30A breaker, so I
> don't get why cable rated for 30A won't do the job. So confusing..
>
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:27:01 -0800, <damales at pollybutte.net> wrote:
>
>> run double the wire or even triple . if you have a  ton of 10# then run 3
>> for each lead.
>>
>> Dan scheid
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