You can do whatever you want.. murca On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 3:14 PM Chuck Macenski <[email protected]> wrote:
> Christmas tree lights have much smaller fuses built into the plugs... > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:33 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> When you buy a lamp or an electric mixer and plug it into a receptacle, >> the receptacle normally will be wired up with 12 or 14 gauge wire with a 15 >> or 20 amp circuit breaker. >> >> Match the wire to the breaker and vise versa. >> >> But the appliance will have a 16 or 18 gauge wire in it. Think of xmas >> tree lights. How fine those wires are but still supplied with at least 15 >> amps. >> >> I want to connect a blower motor in my shop to an existing circuit. 50 >> amp 3 phase receptacle. The blower motor only needs 3 amps. I don’t want >> to change the circuit breaker. I don’t want to install a motor starter >> relay. Trying to be cheap, and safe but legal in the event something >> should happen. >> >> Any opinions? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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