[Amps] Dedicated 220AC Wiring for Amps..

[R.Measures]

On Oct 13, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Carcia, Francis A HS wrote:

> I thought the same thing Rich until I did some lightning testing with 
> our
> master.

  God supplied you with lightning bolts.  Damn!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R.Measures [mailto:r at somis.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:16 PM
> To: monty taylor
> Cc: amps at contesting.com; TexasRF at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated 220AC Wiring for Amps..
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2005, at 10:41 AM, monty taylor wrote:
>
>> This brings up a question I have.  I am using my pre-wired dryer
>> outlet,
>> 30 amp breaker, #10 wire; red, black and white.  It has only three
>> conductors and no ground wire, just; hot, hot, and neutral.  The house
>> is 10 years old and code approved.  For the amp, an AL1500, I wired 
>> per
>> the instruction manual for 220 Volts, hot, hot and neutral to the
>> ground/chassis connection.  Now, I want to RF/AC ground the chassis to
>> a
>> different 8ft copper clad ground rod.  I read that you should never
>> connect neutral and ground together at any place other than the entry
>> panel as a difference in voltage potential could exist.
>
> Could is not very likely since if there an anomaly and there is enough
> unbalance current to cause much v-drop in the neutral wire, the 240v
> breakers trip and the voltage goes to zero.   Whoever wrote the new NEC
> needs to take a course in circuit analysis.
>
>> The #10 run to
>> the dryer outlet is about 30 feet.  My question: Should I ground the
>> amp
>> to the new rod outside my shack or not?  I have been using the shack
>> with out any ground rods so far; only at the far end of all my coax
>> runs
>> through lightning surge protectors.
>>
>> A little wordy, but I hope I get some answers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Monty/WB5GLB since 1969
>>
>>
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>
> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org