Bill explained :
The supply voltage has no bearing on the voltage drop. Only the wire size, the wire material, the run length (there snd back) and the load current affect the voltage drop in any line.
The supply voltage is required in those calulators only to allow the calculation of the percentage drop from the original supply not the actual volts lost.
How about run what you need now with a pull string included?
Inside your home? Or where you work?
On an air compressor?
Sure. Most small fractional horse induction motors can be.
I think we have a winner!
Hey, you never know how big of a compressor you might need.
100 feet of AWG 6 will set you back some C-notes. That's an expensive investment if you don't need it.
Rick
What utter idiot suggested #6?
It's also a sweaty PITA to pull.. ( I ran some to a manly (for single phase) compressor and kiln).
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
a larger compresser is likely to have a soft start where the pump compression is releived come on until it's up to speed.
a larger compresser is likely to have a soft start where the pump compression is releived until it's up to speed.
Try reading from the top of the post...
Rick
Those are toys, but they might be acceptable to amateur woodworkers. The ONLY thing I use a compressor that small for is to blow dust out of a computer.
The suggestion was to put in a sub panel, if there is a likelyhood of more tools that require 240.
How much wire have you pulled?
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Yawn, that's a dimbulb sized stawman.
Really? Easy on three phase, with a VFD. They use an unloader of single phase to let the motor come up to speed before adding the load.
You already said that.
...and it's almost always cheaper and easier to run tools separately from the main with more common, and *far* less expensive, #14 or #12.
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