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WAD
January 14th, 2004, 06:32 AM
I have a new job in foundry as a maintenance person. One of the welders is wired to run off of single phase 220. The welder also has a 110 volt water cooler that is presently attached to a power strip. The previous maintnenance guy has run three wires from the 220 volt input (inside the welder) out to a junction box. I guess he was going to use a 220 to 110 transformer between the welder and cooler as an isolation device. Is this really neceassary? I would think that the welder and cooler both have isolation devices in their power supplies, so I was thinking of ru7nning the 110 offf the welder input to a 110 volt plug, so the cooler comes on when the power switch to the welder is turned on. Comments would be appreciated.

Thanks

Wgoodrich
January 14th, 2004, 03:58 PM
How many amps is the wire feeding that welder? Makes a difference.

How many wires in that branch circuit feeding that welder? Is there both an equipment grounding wire or metal conduit and a white neutral conductor? You are forbidden to use a green or bare wire or metal conduit as a current carrying neutral.

Is this cooler going to be over fused if tapped from that welder?

Curious

Wg

WAD
January 19th, 2004, 05:49 AM
How many amps is the wire feeding that welder? Makes a difference.

How many wires in that branch circuit feeding that welder? Is there both an equipment grounding wire or metal conduit and a white neutral conductor? You are forbidden to use a green or bare wire or metal conduit as a current carrying neutral.

Is this cooler going to be over fused if tapped from that welder?

Curious

Wg

There are three wires feeding the welder coming off of a triple 30A circuit breaker. I believe they will be red white and black, but will verify. The wiring diagram for the welder shows a dedicated green ground wire in the welder. I will also check the manual for the cooler to see what its current rating is.

Thanks