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Current ratings are in the code to protect the insulation from damaging heat. Heat is created in a conductor by current passing through a resistance.
watts is the current consumed at the voltage supplied.
Think about utility transmissions when the voltage is massively stepped up in the...
When I was in school this was one of the lab experiments. Sometimes they start (the biggest factor is if the motor is already rolling). if its already at speed and a leg drops they can keep going until an overload kicks (Old solderpots and cold weather make for the forbidden smell)
You can run all day long in 3p mode and load 2 legs problem is over time this can damage the head (2 legs loaded and one no load)
240 vs 208 it isnt nearly as big of a deal that people make of it. Some things get grumpy on 208 but most things will be just fine.
If you are hooked up to the house and left bonded you have a double bond. the ground is now a paralleled neutral. in a perfect world the neutral should not carry any current, since we are not perfect the neutral carries the unbalanced load back to the source. that means there is current...
They are simple they are easy, they are not finger safe, they are not first grounding (electrical plugs have a slightly longer ground pin to ensure it is the first to make and last to break. they are not positive placement ( ground to ground neutral to neutral etc) , they are not current...
Camloks are useable, BUT are inherently hazardous. its very easy to cross a connection, miss a connection, connect out of sequence, and there is no finger protection. they have their uses but in my professional opinion use the pin and sleeve.
You really want one rated for the voltage youll be using, this is because the pinout changes to prevent plugging into the wrong socket (though the odds of someone plugging a 600volt load into your genset is practically 0) its best to do it the right way. If you cant find a 5 pin 240 volt then go...
Transfer switch would need to be 2 pole switching both hots and the ground and neutral are always connected.
If you are setup for 3 phase and you apply a load to L1 and L2 and nothing to L3 (in this example l1 l2 l3 are interchangeable) 1 winding will not heat up from a load . the thermal...