From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 08:07:15 PDT
At 7:42 AM -0700 10/16/03, Joe Foley wrote:
>
>
>A word of caution about this type of load:
>
>CHECK YOUR NEUTRAL CONNECTIONS if you run your
>compressor on 120 Volts. Loose connections here is a
>common problem and can cause the wiring to heat up.
>
>Running it on 220 isn't so bad because only the hot
>wires are used, if there is a loose connection there
>it will show sooner because something will quit
>working altogether. A poor neutral connection won't
>show up under low current conditions, you won't even
>notice it until you put a big current draw on it.
And hot wires can mean fire! We're so careful about hot terminal lugs
that we have periodic inspections with an infra-red temperature
sensor.
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