The electrician, either knowingly or unknowingly, did him a favor by installing the NEMA 14-30 receptacle. He can now run any amp, including the Alpha 77 series and older Henrys that use a 120V blower on the neutral. There are plenty folks who wished they had run 30A, 4-wire service from the beginning.
To run the KPA500 on 240V, he only needs to use the existing 3-wire power cord from the KPA500 to the NEMA 14-30 plug, leaving the plug's neutral terminal vacant. Paul, W9AC ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500]KPA500 power cord question > > Tell him to come back and swap it out with a NEMA 6-20R (20 amp). > >> My 240v shack outlet has a NEMA 14-30 socket. >> Has anybody encountered this before? It looks like the electrician >> thought I wanted a dryer. >> >> Leigh/WA5ZNU >> >> On 05/03/2011 03:23 PM, Phil & Debbie Salas wrote: >>> I run my KPA500 on 240VAC. I purchased a C13615P-6 power cord from >>> www.cables.com ($12.00 plus $6.45 shipping) which matches the NEMA 6-15 >>> 240VAC outlet receptacle in my shack. Plug-N-Play. This just replaces >>> the >>> 120VAC cord that came with the KPA500. >>> >>> Phil - AD5X >>> >>> _____ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
