Thanks for the info

Yes, I'm certainly interested in the cord, what are you asking for it?
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"Ignoramus24456" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:06:47 -0800, Greg Deputy wrote:
I've got a new (to me) lathe coming in. It has a 7.5 hp motor, 3 phase.
I've got a 10hp phase converter for it, and in the process of having a
circuit added. What I dont know, though, is what size circuit should I
have
installed for this? 50 amps? more? Less?

50 amps at 220 volts supplies 11 kilowatts, or 14.6 horsepower. It
should be adequate. If I was doing this, I would run a full blown
subpanel ($19.99) and used 6 gauge wires and 60 amps service. You have
to run 6 gauge wire anyway, why not run a bit more electricity and
have a nice subpanel instead of just one circuit. One of the breakers
on a subpanel can be 50 amps for your phase converter.

By the way, I have a 50 amp four prong plug with 8 foot flexible #8 cord
for
sale. (note that even though the plug is 4 prong, the cord has 3 wires
inside, white, black and green). It would work for your 220V phase
converter input.

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