xtb-iir electrical connection

Started by Brandt, February 06, 2010, 02:29:15 PM

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hawk1

Yes, I do have a dryer outlet but it was recommended to wire into the breaker box.  The other thing is is that the dryer outlet is a pain to get to.
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lflorack

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Quote from: hawk1 on February 09, 2010, 12:29:30 PM
Just got my XTB-IIR!    My question is this.  I don't have any open breakers and was wondering if I could or should double up on two of them?  I know a little about wiring.  But my concern is, I don't want to screw up my new toy!  Any help is appreciated.    :)

I don't think it's following code, but I didn't have any open breakers either so I wired it into (doubled it up) with two adjacent 15amp breakers.  It seems to work OK.  Again, I'm pretty sure this isn't to code, but it works.

Brandt

Quote from: hawk1 on February 09, 2010, 01:41:59 PM
Yes, I do have a dryer outlet but it was recommended to wire into the breaker box.  The other thing is is that the dryer outlet is a pain to get to.


I think what was meant by wiring it into the breaker box is installing another 240v outlet near the breaker box. He recommends NEMA 14-20 or 14-30 plugs and outlets.

If you can't do that then the dryer outlet is the second best option, third best would be single phase operation with a passive coupler capacitor at the breaker.

hawk1

Thanks for all the input.  I just didn't want to mess up the xtb-iir.    >!
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Brandt


eagle

Hi pomprocker,

That looks good!

So, do you have two dryer outlets?  Is that how you are able to do this?

r,
eagle


Brandt

no, we have a gas dryer so it only uses the 120v outlet freeing up the 240v outlet.

eagle

Cool.

That has got to be one of the most elegant XTB-IIR installs I've seen posted.

r,
eagle

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