Hi All, Our club just inherited a Henry 2K-D which I was planning to wire for the 220VAC service that we have available in the shack. My quandry is how to properly connect the 4 wire 220VAC wiring on
Hi Mike, The only appliance that is "legal" for ground and neutral together is an electric stove. That is now being phased out to a 4 wire circuit. The 3 wire version for the stove had to be a dedica
First, we must make some assumptions. Assume your mains wiring is done by the "code." If your Henry is being wired to the main service entrance panel, the neutral and safety ground busses in the bre
Mike, An excellent question and its one I wrestled with painfully when connecting my Alpha 77Dx to service in my new home.... Most amateur amplifiers do not require a neutral when configured for 240V
** There could still be a safety hazard on the chassis of the amp if the neutral and the ground wires were to break at the same time. Perhaps it would be wise to go with a 5-wire circuit ? There wou
A current sensor could be installed on the safety ground wire where it exits the breaker panel. This could trigger a 6 inch fire alarm gong and red strobe light so that the ham shack can be evacuate
Just a small point for anyone who follows this advice to the letter: If you do this and your run is very long you'll get into rf grounding problems. A 20 or 30 ft. ground cable across a basement mak
Author: stevengrant98@yahoo.com (Steven Grant W4IIV)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:33:35 -0800 (PST)
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Thanks to all who replied on this one. Lots of good suggestions. I'll have to check the subpanel (yes their is a subpanel) to see how everything is wired and then go from there (based on the schemati
exits strobe Over 60 years ago, W7VS was hired as director of the Communications of the City of Portland Police Department. As he surveyed the equipment, he inquired why there was a 6 inch fire gong