Swampy
Grease Monkey
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Morning....
Am looking to get my Portamig and Compressor wired in my workshop in the next couple of weeks...but really want to do the job properly. So after hearing that my 211 would be better on a 32amp supply I was hoping I might be able to pick your brains with regard to "hard-wiring" these two items in.
What size do I really need...? I will be mainly repairing my old '62 Zodiac and other such projects...so would a 16amp supply be sufficent. My compressor is a Sealey 150ltr jobbie, and although all the gumpf said it could run off of a 13amp plug/supply [soft start option] the instructions inside advise 30amp...bit of a con there methinks...but again would 16amp be OK.
You see my fusebox in the workshop is fed from the one in the house...so that if my workshop trips it only takes one breaker in the house, as opposed to plunging the house into darkness......but am worried about overloading that breaker if I try to run too much through it. Or can I just stick a bigger breaker in and beef up the supply wire to the one in the workshop [saying that I have forgotten what size was used...might already be beefy enough...]
Would have seperate breakers in the workshop box for both the welder and the compressor...the welder would plug in around 2-3 feet from the box...whereas the compressor would be about 30 foot from the box. Also if I have to use 16 or 32amp plugs what size 3 core would I have to use...or what calculations would I have to use to find out...
Might not of explained myself to well here...so please feel free to ask what the hell I am talking about with regard to any of the above and I will try and explain better...
Any ideas much appreciated as I really need to get practicing my welds......
Cheers,
Swampy
Am looking to get my Portamig and Compressor wired in my workshop in the next couple of weeks...but really want to do the job properly. So after hearing that my 211 would be better on a 32amp supply I was hoping I might be able to pick your brains with regard to "hard-wiring" these two items in.
What size do I really need...? I will be mainly repairing my old '62 Zodiac and other such projects...so would a 16amp supply be sufficent. My compressor is a Sealey 150ltr jobbie, and although all the gumpf said it could run off of a 13amp plug/supply [soft start option] the instructions inside advise 30amp...bit of a con there methinks...but again would 16amp be OK.
You see my fusebox in the workshop is fed from the one in the house...so that if my workshop trips it only takes one breaker in the house, as opposed to plunging the house into darkness......but am worried about overloading that breaker if I try to run too much through it. Or can I just stick a bigger breaker in and beef up the supply wire to the one in the workshop [saying that I have forgotten what size was used...might already be beefy enough...]
Would have seperate breakers in the workshop box for both the welder and the compressor...the welder would plug in around 2-3 feet from the box...whereas the compressor would be about 30 foot from the box. Also if I have to use 16 or 32amp plugs what size 3 core would I have to use...or what calculations would I have to use to find out...
Might not of explained myself to well here...so please feel free to ask what the hell I am talking about with regard to any of the above and I will try and explain better...
Any ideas much appreciated as I really need to get practicing my welds......
Cheers,
Swampy