110/220???

[Don Cook]

congrads, sure makes work a lot easier when hooked up right...what size wire did you use? and how far did you run it...I used a #10/3w ground... and run it about 60 feet to get closer to my welding area, but I have a 50 amp for my welder, I only use this one for my plasma cutter and wire welder....

[arandall]

[quote=Grebbler;12697]Where folks run into trouble is older homes (or lazy home owners) that wired the garage for only 110v 15A thinking they were just going to need a door opener and some lights.

I would have to beg people to pay the small amount to pull the extra wire to the garage. I mean the trench is dug, the conduit is laid - go for it. People are often short sighted. I prefer future proofing when possible and when difference in cost for the extra wire is tiny compared to the work already done it's really a no-brainer. I always run conduit for that reason as folks only start thinking about it after the job is completed and THEN they want the extra capacity.

Grebbler:

You are dead right. I always try to future-proof" my projects - but then always think of something I should have done anyway!

Cheers,
Art R.

[Hamstn]

Not always that easy or cheap thing to do but good advise. I grew up on an old farm and then moved to the other end of farm to an also old place and always remember the problems with power. Any way when I bought my own place the first thing I did was start new at the road and buried all new lines to all the buildings. Has always been nice to have good clean power anywhere it was needed and well worth the time and effort. Never go back to doing it half a$$ because things seem to always change at a later date.

[Don Cook]

Amen.... my belief exactly... cut corners here and pay like mad later...I had a house in Jackson Ca. and built a 20 X 40 shop, when we sold, the buyer said he was going to use the shop for a play room and was going to have the sub-panel removed and all that "big" wire removed....I save him some money, I took it all and used it in my new home (shop)

[Gadget]

Don, the only thing that could have been better with that transaction is if he had paid you to take the wire out.

[bradler451]

Yes it probably is good to have that option of 240 or 110

[Don Cook]

If you run 220, all you have to do is drop one hot line in your plug and you got 110 or 220 with no problem...What I do, is go to your nearest appliance dealer and ask if you can have the plug off the electric dryer they are going to take to the dump...just take a heavy duty knife and cut the cord off and you just saved your self $15.00..I usually have 4 or 5 laying around the shop just for that purpose.. you just have to remember what units are 220 and which are 110..

[Firefightaz]

I don't quite have the settings dialed in yet with my new 220 outlet. I was producing cleaner more precise cuts running it off a 110. I am using it to cut 14, 16, and 18 gauge steel... Really thin stuff. I create metal silhouettes so the cuts have to be precise and clean.