nyerinfl
Senior Member
- Location
- Broward Co.
I looked at a job at a small pizzeria yesterday, and what the guy wanted from me was 3 phase 30 amp power to supply a dough mixer with a cord and plug type disconnect installation at the mixer.
So there are two panels, one located right outside the room of the equipment, only has single phase power.
So I open up the panel about 15' away and check it out. Above the panel is a 3 phase disconnect for the air conditioner. I look inside the panel and see it is a single phase panel, now I'm wondering where the 3 phase is comming from. Out of the feeder conduit there are two legs about #1 in size , the neutral at the same size as these, and another wire about #3-4 in size. This wire is a 208v wild leg. This wild leg has a polaris tap type fitting on it and is tapped straight to the A/C disconnect. The other two legs on the A/C disconnect are tied right into the single phase panels main lugs.
He wants me to basically tap out of the A/C disconnect to get my 3 phase power for this dough mixer. I didn't like it but told him I'd put a number together, which I haven't done yet because I'm thinking there is a lot of wrong here to put my name on this.
I told him while I was there the panel should be changed out to a 3-phase panel and done properly, but he doesn't want to end up paying the extra cost. So I'm thinking I'm going to call him and let him know the panel needs to be changed out and done right.
What would you do in this situation?
Also is there an issue with the undersized wild leg?
So there are two panels, one located right outside the room of the equipment, only has single phase power.
So I open up the panel about 15' away and check it out. Above the panel is a 3 phase disconnect for the air conditioner. I look inside the panel and see it is a single phase panel, now I'm wondering where the 3 phase is comming from. Out of the feeder conduit there are two legs about #1 in size , the neutral at the same size as these, and another wire about #3-4 in size. This wire is a 208v wild leg. This wild leg has a polaris tap type fitting on it and is tapped straight to the A/C disconnect. The other two legs on the A/C disconnect are tied right into the single phase panels main lugs.
He wants me to basically tap out of the A/C disconnect to get my 3 phase power for this dough mixer. I didn't like it but told him I'd put a number together, which I haven't done yet because I'm thinking there is a lot of wrong here to put my name on this.
I told him while I was there the panel should be changed out to a 3-phase panel and done properly, but he doesn't want to end up paying the extra cost. So I'm thinking I'm going to call him and let him know the panel needs to be changed out and done right.
What would you do in this situation?
Also is there an issue with the undersized wild leg?