Comments on: June 4, 2007 http://www.redecho.org/2007/06/04/155/ my life, reflected and filtered Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Mars Saxman http://www.redecho.org/2007/06/04/155/#comment-218 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.redecho.org/2007/06/04/155/#comment-218 I've never worked with three-phase power before and don't know how to recognize it. We don't have 220-volt outlets, if that's the same thing. I’ve never worked with three-phase power before and don’t know how to recognize it. We don’t have 220-volt outlets, if that’s the same thing.

]]> by: Eric Lippert http://www.redecho.org/2007/06/04/155/#comment-209 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:18:28 +0000 http://www.redecho.org/2007/06/04/155/#comment-209 Good heavens. Wiring the lighting directly into the main power with no breaker is certainly not to code. Speaking of the code, as you've noted, it is very important that the task lighting be on a separate circuit from the outlets. You do not want to turn on a spinning hand-held power tool which trips the circuit and leaves you holding a spinning sharp tool in the dark. Is the rocket factory wired for three phase power, or just conventional two phase power? You can occasionally find three-phase tools at the university of washington auctions. Good heavens. Wiring the lighting directly into the main power with no breaker is certainly not to code.

Speaking of the code, as you’ve noted, it is very important that the task lighting be on a separate circuit from the outlets. You do not want to turn on a spinning hand-held power tool which trips the circuit and leaves you holding a spinning sharp tool in the dark.

Is the rocket factory wired for three phase power, or just conventional two phase power? You can occasionally find three-phase tools at the university of washington auctions.

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