[Noisebridge-discuss] 240V in the space?

[jim]

    What is the current draw for your vacuum pump? 

    Look around the space and you'll see several sub-panels: 
* There's a sub-panel in the kitchen area: follow its 
supply pipe and you'll see it is fed from a sub-panel in 
the western portion of the north wall, just outside of the 
elevator entrance area. 
* There's a sub-panel in the sewing machine area: follow 
its supply pipe and you'll see it is fed from the same 
sub-panel outside the elevator entrance area. 
* There's a sub-panel in the "dirty workshop": follow its 
supply pi;e to the same sub-panel outside the elevator 
entrance area. 

    The sub-panel outside the elevator entrance area is the 
primary distribution panel for a three-phase supply that 
has its main shutoff in the basement. 
    While its possible to use two "legs" to get a kind of 
split phase 220, that may or may not work for your device. 

    Just outside the doorway into the space from the stairs 
is another sub-panel. It is the primary distribution panel 
for a split-phase supply that has its main shutoff in the 
basement. 

    Assuming your vacuum pump takes less than 20 amps, it is 
probably easiest, all-in-all, to connect your machine to 220 
split-phase from a pair of branches that come from the 
sub-panel at the top of the stairs outside the entrance door 
to the space. 
    To do that will require that someone (possibly me) 
identifies some wires that come from that split-phase 
distribution panel (above the stairs...) and ensure that 
there are two branches (one red, one black) that are 
controlled by a two-pole breaker and presented in the proper 
receptacle (that matches the plug on your vacuum pump). 

    If you like, email me off-list to coordinate. 




On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 13:15 -0700, asa hammond wrote:
> Hello, I am starting to hang around the space a bit and work on some things.  I used to be a Crashspace member in LA, but I moved up here. Loving the space!
> 
> I am interested to know if there is 240V single phase somewhere available? Similar to dryer power etc?
> I have a small vacuum pump which runs at these voltages I want to plug in.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Asa
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