I was lucky when I put in my 240v for my kenwood 922 a couple of years ago, a very good friend is a licensed electrician, would not let me pay him very much, it always pays to be nice to everyone you know
Today is a good day to have a Great Day! 73 Ron Wilcox KF7ZN On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Clay Autery <[email protected]> wrote: > A 120VAC/20A circuit is appropriate for a lot of things.... a 1500W HF > amp is not one of them. > > Just do the 240 circuit... > > http://montac.com/images/shack_power/outlets.jpg > https://www.dropbox.com/s/67hjpy126yr48sg/2016-08-28%2009.51.14.jpg?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/16iflr76lvwe88c/2016-08-28%2018.19.38.jpg?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/bkz0k60nzzsg1y0/2016-07-28%2018.29.45.jpg?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/92jeckuevh9t8j2/2016-07-27%2015.28.52.jpg?dl=0 > > Twisted pairs, steel conduit from service to sub, sub, to outlets, > 240VAC/60A sub-panel, 8 x 120VAC/20A, 2 x 240VAC/15, 2 x 220VAC/20A > > Just find an electrician who will inspect/sign off on the work. > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > > On 4/20/2017 3:14 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote: > > It might, but at typical efficiencies 1500W peak output would be a > significant draw on the existing 117 VAC wiring – likely over 20 amps. > With the K3/KPA500 as it is I get a just perceptible flicker in the room > lights when keying. With a dedicated 240 volt line I could also add a > cooler for the drinks. > > > > > > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > > > On 4/20/17, 1:53 PM, "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not so fast on the 240 VAC line Ted. The single transistor SPE 1.3K > will do > > 1500 watts on 110v. It will be interesting to see if the Elecraft > 1500w AMP > > turns out to be a single transistor design... > > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
