In a message dated 4/19/2001 5:21:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
konacoffee2@hotmail.com writes:
<< My old IR oil less 2hp was hooked up to a 15 amp circuit without a problem
with it blowing a circuit breaker. The house lights would go very dim when
it kicked in, however. I'd go for a 20 amp 110 circuit, if you can swing
it. >>
Sounds like other problems with the wiring to me. My understanding is that a
heavy draw should only briefly alter lighting (actually, in a well designed
wiring system, not at all). I would suspect other problems in the
wiring--bad neutral somewhere, undersized wiring into the house, short
somewhere, etc. Heavy loads should trip breakers, not dim lights. That's
what the electrikal guys tell me.
Nate (wiring my workshop now)
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