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  On 25/02/2024 at 18:40, john87 said:

Very good idea!! I take it you used to sell machinery or install it??

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I still sell & repair equipment and have moved almost entirely to single phase and transformer driven electronic BLDC type motors without any real loss in power.

 

Usual HSE type of thing, even now people seem to be gravitating even further to 110v.

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CEE Adapter 32A - 16A Mobile plastic distributor, type St. Anton-2f IP44 with bracket, 1x CEE connector 32 A 5p 400V...

 

Using one of these seems a legit way to go about it.   

 

Would it make sense to pull this in to the 32A outlet and then run a 16A cable to the machine or would a 32a cable be best to run from the outlet? Going to need about 30 - 35m of cable I reckon. 

 

 

 

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  On 29/02/2024 at 12:44, Dilz said:
WWW.THOMANN.DE

CEE Adapter 32A - 16A Mobile plastic distributor, type St. Anton-2f IP44 with bracket, 1x CEE connector 32 A 5p 400V...

 

Using one of these seems a legit way to go about it.   

 

Would it make sense to pull this in to the 32A outlet and then run a 16A cable to the machine or would a 32a cable be best to run from the outlet? Going to need about 30 - 35m of cable I reckon. 

 

 

 

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As i think Gareth is about to mention, the extension lead is not going to be that simple and you really need to get an electrician with a brain involved. That is a very long run.. It is NOT NOT NOT, just a question of getting a "16A" extension lead..

 

You see, at that length of run, EFLI and volt drop are going to be the governing factors for the following reasons..

1, If the volt drop is too high, the motors will struggle to start if they start at all.

2, If EFLI is too high, in the event of a fault, the breakers will either trip too slowly or not at all. Either way, it will result in damage or electrocution..

 

I once sold a compressor to a farmer They connected it to a very long run of 2.5 twin and earth, The thing barely started...

A few days later, said farmer turns up all irate.. I go and have a look, and what had happened, is the motor had failed to start. As it was such a long run of cable, even though there was effectively a dead short, the "circuit" could not pull enough current to trip the breaker, so the power stayed on and the whole lot got hotter adn hotter until the motor had literally melted into a blob of aluminium and copper..

 

You see, a circuit breaker is selected to suit the load.. THEN a cable is selected on the basis of Volt drop and EFLI, which means that you could need a cable suited to, say, 70A for your 16A load..

 

Tell us exactly what it is you want to run and we can advise further..

 

john..

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