In article bf9ae.4309$lz1.517@lakeread01, "DL" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article 2o_9e.3906$lz1.1060@lakeread01, "DL"
wrote:
I am curious as to what others have done for receptacles that are going to
be used with different equipment that have different plug configurations.

I installed receptacles with the configurations needed for the plugs on
the
tools that I have.

Sounds like you dont move your equipment around much. I do based on space
limitations.

Almost all of it's on wheels. Some of it stays put, some of it moves every
time I use it. And there are a *lot* of receptacles in the shop. :-)

While a good portion of the circuits will be dedicated to
specific equipment and I can match the receptacle to plug, some outlets are
being installed with the expectation that several pieces of equipment will
be used on them. Just as one would wire 20amp 110v circuits instead of
15amp to be able to power all 20amp and below 110v equipment, I plan to do
the same with my 240v equipment. The rub comes in with the 240v receptacles
and plugs is that they have different blade configurations depending on
whether or not they are a 15amp, 20amp, or 30amp and beyond pieces of
equipment.

Right, but since you're presumably installing multiple receptacles *anyway*,
it seems to be that it's a lot less trouble to install, say, six receptacles
of three different configurations, than it is to install six receptacles of
the same configuration, *and* change somewhere between one and five plugs on
your machines.

Less expense, too, because (a) receptacles are usually cheaper than plugs, and
(b) n receptacles clearly cost less than (n receptacles + n plugs).

I probably didn't make it clear before, but I plan to run 10/3 wire with
ground from 30amp breakers for all my 30amp and below (multiple around the
shop) connections. I plan to run 6/3 wire with ground from a 50 amp
breakers to handle the equipment that runs at more than 30amps but less or
equal to 50amps (one for the larger air compressor as Lew H recommended and
an extra for other equipment that requires up to 50amps).

Given that most of the equipment runs on either 125v or 250v, I will have to
replace the power cords anyway. This will allow me to go to a common plug
and receptacle that gives me the flexibility to move my equipment around.

Why do you have to replace power cords "anyway"? I'm not following you here.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

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