We have ALWAYS been very pleased with Pike's work. Not always the lowest,  but competitive and are very clean, neat and reliable.  

   Do you usually go with the lowest bid?

Ken Peters - KO4OAT

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022, 10:40 AM Stan Musick <W5PDQ@outlook.com> wrote:

Thanks for the great feedback from several members.

 

Yes, having a dedicated line for an Amp was one of my primary reasons, I also have a nice battery charger with voltage auto-sense (110-240v) for my RC batteries.

My first inquiry to an Electric contractor, it seemed as if I was being quizzed on my need for a 220v outlet; that sort of seemed odd.

Our Electric for our home (I assume) was by Pike’s Electric, their label is on my breaker panel.

 

I’ll go ahead and get a couple quotes, my room in need is next to the garage and an exterior wall.

 

  Thanks!

   Stan, W5PDQ

        

 

From: tvarc-bounces@mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Larry Sheridan
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 08:42 PM
To: Anthony Hackenberg <tonyhackenberg@icloud.com>
Cc: TVARC MailList@QTH.net <tvarc@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TVARC] 220/240v Outlet (?)

 

 

Hi Stan:

 

I installed dedicated 110v 20A and 220V 30A circuits into my shack about a year ago.  

 

The 110V circuit uses standard 20A 12-2 with bare ground Yellow Romex cable feeding a standard 20A duplex outlet that will accept a 110V 20A plug that has 1 horizontal blade and 1 vertical blade (standard 110V 15A outlets will only accept 15A plugs with 2 vertical blades).  This circuit is fed through a single 20A GFI breaker in the service panel.

 

The 220V circuit uses standard 30A 10-3 with bare ground Orange Romex cable feeding a single 20A round outlet that will accept a 220V 20A plug using straight blades instead of the industrial-type TwistLok plugs.  This circuit is fed through a double 20A GFI breaker in the service panel.  This circuit was wired with the 30A Orange Romex in case I want to upgrade it in the future with 30A GFI & outlet to handle the Henry 2K Classic floor-model amp currently in storage.

 

One thing to watch out for: assuming you are considering a linear amp, what power feed configuration is the amp set up for?  Some older amps are set up to run on a 2-wire 220V circuit, 2 hot wires with no white neutral wire, such as Yaesu FL2100 and Kenwood TL922.  This works fine until you want to install an option board like a soft-start-up board that runs on 110V & needs the white wire, so you really should just go ahead and set up the circuit as a 110/220 feed at whatever Amp rating you need.   

 

The attached NEMA configuration chart may be useful, my 110V 20A circuit is a NEMA 5-20R, my present 220V 20A circuit is NEMA 14-20R and my future 220V 30A would be a 14-30R.  While I was at it, I put in a 220V 50A outlet on the garage workbench for a future welder (old habits die hard 😀 ) configured as NEMA 14-50R which is the same as the large motorhome RV's.

 

Hope this helps, & Best 73.

 

Larry Sheridan K4LES

307-630-5697

 

 

 

 

 

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 5:38 PM Anthony Hackenberg via TVARC <tvarc@mailman.qth.net> wrote:

Hi Stan/W5PDQ,

 

Yes, I had a dedicated 220 v line/outlet installed in my “Dream” ham shack here in The Villages.  Why?  In case I ever decide to run a high-power linear amplifier that requires power via a 220 v A/C circuit.  The same electrical contractor (Pikes Electric) that wired our house did it a year or two after we moved in.  Their crew did a great job.

 

Stay safe from COVID-19 😷 💉💉  

 

73,

 

Tony/K4QR

 

 

On Feb 13, 2022, at 17:30, Stan Musick <W5PDQ@outlook.com> wrote:

 

Hello,

 

Has anyone ever had a 220v dedicated outlet installed in their ‘Dream’ Ham Shack here in The Villages?

I thought to ask, just to see if it’s worth perusing …

 

  Thanks,

  Stan, W5PDQ

 

 

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