21 Nov
2014
21 Nov
'14
12:47 p.m.
From: Todd Killingsworth
I realized that old machines took lots of power. But
do the collectors
here wire up their homes and keep machines there?
Heh, about to join this crew! I'm having the electricians in to put in a
whole separate subsidiary panel (the existing ones are all pretty full), and
run outlets from that (with those Hubble locking 3-pin sockets).
my wife thinks I'm completely certifiable.
That's not the important question, which is 'is she tolerant of your
insanity'? :-)
Todd Goodman
My wife thinks I'm certifiable as well since there
couldn't possibly be
anyone else in the world interested in this "junk."
So subscribe her to CCTalk... :-)
Oh, and also that I'm a "semi-hoarder."
Duhhh!
From: Chuck Guzis
Where you get into the exotica is 3-phase service.
There, you need a
cooperating utility and a deep pocketbook. Be prepared to be turned
down flat by your utility with the excuse that "We don't distribute 3
phase in your area".
Or they will try and give you what my house has (it came that way, the
previous owner was a serious woodworking guy), which is 400A 3-phase service -
but it's not really 3 phase. The area has two-phase service, and they hung a
small transformer on the pole outside my house and wired it up to produce 3
phases that _will_ run a three-phase motor - but the third phase is like 170V
to neutral, not 120V. (I forget the details, a foreman explained it to me
once, but I've since forgotten.) So things that try and take three phases and
power a bunch of 120V things, with some on each phase, won't work.
Noel