I am considering getting a 220 volt table saw but have 220 volt available at the entrance to my garage and would have to have an extension cord of 10 feet or so.
Is that a problem and if not are they comercially available? I have never seen anything in 220 but am not use to the search.
Thanks,
RonT
IME, 220v extension cords are hard to come by locally, and cheaper to make yourself. Just use the proper gauge wire, preferably stranded for an extension cord, for the amperage of your circuit, and you will be fine.
For my table saw I made a 15' extension cord out of the 10 ga stranded wire, which is the same size in the circuit to the receptacle. Male and female plugs are generally available at the BORGs.
generally you make your own.
go buy a heavy duty 50' cord and cut 15 ' off of the female end. get a 220v plug to match your receptacle and useit and the 15' piece to replace the cord on your saw.
also get a 4square double gang box with a cover and a couple of 110v receptacles to go in it. wire that into the remainder of your 50' cord. very useful...
Howdy I have seen them in commerical wholesale business. Why not make your own. Ten feet would not require large gauge cable. The main thing is 4 wire cable and 220v m/f connectors. 12 gauge wire should be sufficient. Keep in mind the longer the wire the less voltage at the other end.
Ron
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:30:06 -0700, Rebel \(Ron\) wrote (in article ):
For a typical 3hp table saw you'll only need 12 gauge wire. Look for sales or buy a 25 foot extension cord. Cut the ends off and install 220v plug and receptacle that corresponds with your 220v socket and table saw plug. You might need to install the receptacle in a metal box with the appropriate strain relief to clam onto the cord. A nicer alternative is to buy the sheathed 10 gauge 3/wire rubber covered (usually black) cut to your required length. One wire to each hot and ground.
-Bruce
10 guage cable will support up to 30 amps. 3 wire is all he'll need for shop tools, unless he's hooking up a clothes dryer next to his table saw.
Maybe - depends on the current draw of the tool. 12 guage will support 20 amps - likely sufficient for most tools that will plug into an extension cord.
Not at these lengths.
They are hard to find. What I did was to buy a 25 foot, 12 gauge, 120 volt, extension cord. Loop off both ends, add an approprite male plug on the one end and completely remove the original cord on the saw an install my new 25 footer. Cheaper as you only need one plug, and no hassle with "one more cord" lying about. Greg
I use two different pattern 220 volt extensions for machines that cannot be moved close enough to any of the six 220 outlets I currently have. In many cases, there simply is NO way to move the machine close enough to the outlet. Short cords. Blocked outlets (with wood or other machines). Those are only reasons.
I haven't found any commercially available 220 extensions, but there probably are some. They're easy enough to make.
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Many times installing a longer cord on the machine is cheaper than an extension cord. One, maybe two less connectors to buy!
Barry
Lowes usually has some in stock. Typically though you either have to make up an adapter cable to get it to plug into whatever socket you have in the wall and another one at the other end or change the plug on the machine to match the cord. Or you need to cut the connectors off and replace them with connectors that match your machine and outlet, in which case you may as well just get a 110v cord and do the same. Finding plugs that fit a standard dryer outlet can be problematical--you may have to get a replacement dryer cord and put a socket on the other end of it that takes a readily available plug.
In my area, (central CA), you can't GET them.. I had to make my own out of Romex...
that's true... I forgot about that... when I had a 220v dryer (yuk!) I bought a new cord for it that was 4' longer, so that I didn't need an extension cord.. (HD has 'em)
ewwww.
-j
Get a 25 or 50 ft, 12-2 /w/ ground, molded cord set of whatever voltage is available at the lowest price.
Cut off the female end and wire into saw.
If not already 240V, cut off male plug and rewire with 240V plug.
It is how I rigged mine.
HTH
Lew
Don't you also have to show an id to buy spray paint?
Barry
snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Ron Truitt) wrote in news:20863-41AA5573-87 @storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net:
Home Depot in the extension cord section. I have a 9' on my jointer.
About $10.00.. WAY cheaper than making one.
Alan
I have 220 volt extension cords all over the shop. Somebody more attuned to the regs may tell you I'm crazy, I don't know. I just buy the heavyest cable I can find, #12 extension cord or #10 stranded cable with a heavy jacket off the spool. Put a plug on one end and an outlet to match your tool on the other. Run the tool where you want to, not close to where the outlet is.
bob g.
R> I am considering getting a 220 volt table saw but have 220 volt
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