We have moved in to ( and are still moving) our new place, and my work
shop was set up with 240V coming in, but it had a 15amp and a 20amp
breaker, not ganged together to supply power for the shop.    So I am
charging some stuff up with the PFC Charger and one of the breakers
pops.  I am out in the yard working and I hear the charger cycling up
and down and turn off the charger and check the breaker and, yes,  one
is popped.   Later, I discovered one of my drill chargers wasn't
working. And I realized when the one leg popped, the charger probably
pushed current through what ever was plugged into the other leg and
probably over voltaged my poor, little drill charger.. luckily it
wasn't from my NEW drill. ( one more thing to fix now !)...   But this
is something to keep in mind when plugging in your charger.... Making
sure your breaker will shut down BOTH legs if it is tripped.   This,
of course, would be the problem with taking power from 2  120V outlets
that are not on a ( Ganged) breaker.

Steve Clunn

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Steve Clunn
Tomorrow's Ride...Today
www.Greenshedconversions.com
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