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Posted by mark on June 15, 2008, 2:11 pm
Please log in for more thread options > On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:55:12 -0700 (PDT), mark
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> >> I should be shortly be installing my Bantam & 540 in the workshop
> >> after a long delay, but have a question about getting power to them.
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> >> I have a Transwave static converter (3Kw/4Hp) which will be running
> >> the Bridgy in addition to the above, but obviously not all at the same
> >> time.
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> >> What's the best (cheapest/easiest) =A0way to get the power from the
> >> converter to these machines? Do I need to install a pukka distribution
> >> board hard wired to the converter, or can I use something like a
> >> 3-phase 'extension lead', into a 'panel' with seperate 3-phase
> >> sockets, and then run leads with plugs into this panel, a bit like
> >> like a multi-gang socket?
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> >> How has anyone done this with a similar requirement?
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> >> The machines are all in a single-car garage, and will be spaced around
> >> roughly an 8' x 8' area. Do I need to be concerned about length (and
> >> size) of cable runs and voltage drops etc?
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> >> Lots of questions, but I'm fairly electrically dyslexic, so simple
> >> answers please<g>.
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> >> Peter
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> >HI peter,
> > You can make MDF boxes like this with surface mounted sockets ...and
> >site them around your workshop
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> >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/drill/full.jpg
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> > You can put the cable coming from the converter into a box like this
> >and have lots of cables coming out going to individual surface mount
> >sockets ...box was about =A35
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> >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/workbench/BOX.jpg
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> >how it looks
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> >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/workbench/FARBO...
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> >sockets about =A34 each .these are nice ones with iris type cable clamp.
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> >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/workbench/SOCKE...
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> >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/workbench/SOUTH...
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> >all the best.markj
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> Many thanks to everybody for all the replies, it's just the sort of
> information I was looking for.
> And thanks again for all the offers of plugs & sockets. I've got some
> of these that I kept when we shut down the old factory about 2 years
> ago, and hopefully these will do the trick.
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> What I was unsure about was how to use these, but i think the question
> has been answered now.
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> Markj, thats exactly the sort of thing I had in mind. Central feed out
> from the convertor to a distribution point with sockets.
> In this picture here, how have you wired up the box inside?http://img.phot=
obucket.com/albums/v190/aboard_epsilon/workbench/BOX.jpg
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> Is there a central busbar or similar with individual circuit breakers,
> or have you done it a different way? Wouldn't mind a pic of the inside
> if you can manage that,
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> Thanks again
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> Peter- Hide quoted text -
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Not a lot in there
just a block connector
sent you picture
needed the big box for future expansion and it gives you plenty of
room to get in there and join everything up .
Yes.. cable is shielded ...its known as SY cable... just
remember ...suits-you :)
4 core 1.5
its quite cheap stuff as well.... under a =A31 a metre...may have been
cheaper than that ...cant remember.
all the best.mark
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> after a long delay, but have a question about getting power to them.
>
> I have a Transwave static converter (3Kw/4Hp) which will be running
> the Bridgy in addition to the above, but obviously not all at the same
> time.
>
> What's the best (cheapest/easiest) =A0way to get the power from the
> converter to these machines? Do I need to install a pukka distribution
> board hard wired to the converter, or can I use something like a
> 3-phase 'extension lead', into a 'panel' with seperate 3-phase
> sockets, and then run leads with plugs into this panel, a bit like
> like a multi-gang socket?
>
> How has anyone done this with a similar requirement?
>
> The machines are all in a single-car garage, and will be spaced around
> roughly an 8' x 8' area. Do I need to be concerned about length (and
> size) of cable runs and voltage drops etc?
>
> Lots of questions, but I'm fairly electrically dyslexic, so simple
> answers please<g>.
>
> Peter