Re: [Elecraft] Subject: 240V Line

2014-12-25 Thread Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO
Yup. Last year I was changing the primary taps on a massive 3.5 kVA Dahl transformer on a homebrew amplifier. Instead of connecting the line to the 0V and 220V taps as I intended, I connected it to the 220V and 240V taps. When I turned it on, it popped 1. The 15A breaker in the amplifier, 2.

Re: [Elecraft] Subject: 240V Line

2014-12-25 Thread Jim Brown
On Thu,12/25/2014 8:34 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: Having the 240v 20A breaker in the room is handy if the PS trips it off. Something would have to break to trip a 20A breaker in a legal, single-operator ham station. I'm set up for SO2R with a pair of legal limit Ten Tec Titan amps running on th

[Elecraft] Subject: 240V Line

2014-12-25 Thread Edward R Cole
First best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I think I chose a 25A twist-lock receptacle for my 4KV-1A PS. I ran 8-3 plus No. 10 safety ground cable because I did want to split out 120vac to two duplex outlets using two separate 20A breakers. That gives me 120v for my station