[TheForge] Subject: Re: shop power

[Dan Brewer]

For the problem with the lights dimming; I would check to see what size
wire has been pulled. It should be number 10 for a single 15 amp circuit at
that distance. check the line voltage when the lights dim. Less than 100
you risk damage to your motor. Number 6 wire for up to an 80 amp draw. I
would install a new run of wire number 6 to a sub panel. Use the existing
run to power a  porch light. Upgrade the power in the shop and be safe. You
are probably looking at about 2.50 a foot for wire and conduit.
Dan in Auburn

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:

> I acquired 2 very large stranded 3 wire extension cords with new plugs.
> I decided to ohm them before using and both had the wires crossed. If
> you aren't certain who wired something better check.
>
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> It would have blown the fuse probably.
> My whole shop was wired with the switches on the neutral. WAY back they
> did it that way. It is very common on buildings wired before about 1920.
>
> I am told that it was done because the knife type contacts in the switch
> arced on the hot side. This killed the switches and was also a fire
> hazard. My building also originally had fuses on both the hot and
> neutral sides .
>
> Mike Graf
>
>
> On 8/3/2012 11:25 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> > When I lived in St. Louis, the previous owner had hired someone to
> > remodle the basement.  When I went to add a light over my pool table I
>
> > discovered that the whole basement was wired with the hot lead going
> > to the lights and the switch on the neutral comming back. To make
> > things worse they made provisions to add a light later by putting a
> > wire in the suspended ceiling wired the same way, it was not even
> > capped or taped. I hate to think what would have happened if that wire
> had touched the frame grid of the ceiling.
> >
> > Robert Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo.
> > eforge at centurytel.net
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