30 amp circuits

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Roughing a house with a 30 amp steam shower steamist circuit and a elevator circuit. My question is do i need a 10/3 or 10/2 for these units. The dumb specs just say use 10. Anyone run these circuits yet? was it 10/3 or 10/2. Don't really like the thought of running the wrong one.
 
frizbeedog said:
If you run the 10-3, you may be wrong, but you won't be short.

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this sounds like a rule of thumb taught to me by the last mechanic that trained me. Good one too. If he ran pipe he always added a hot and a neutral in there.
 
MikeGee said:
this sounds like a rule of thumb taught to me by the last mechanic that trained me. Good one too. If he ran pipe he always added a hot and a neutral in there.
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and more of his boss money
 
steam unit can be more than one type generally the steam units I install for showers is an 8-2 res. elevator is always 10-3 with a 14-2 both for discos dont forget your gfi and light Mr. steam has a website with specs for shower size

messed that you said 30 for steamer 10-2 to disco whip to steam unit they also have a low volt control at shower
 
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normbac said:
steam unit can be more than one type generally the steam units I install for showers is an 8-2 res. elevator is always 10-3 with a 14-2 both for discos dont forget your gfi and light Mr. steam has a website with specs for shower size

messed that you said 30 for steamer 10-2 to disco whip to steam unit they also have a low volt control at shower
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If you ran a 10/3 to the elevator 220v circuit with disco and not 10/2 then what did you do with the third wire in the disconnect???? blk,wht,red, and ground
 
Brad Baxter said:
If you ran a 10/3 to the elevator 220v circuit with disco and not 10/2 then what did you do with the third wire in the disconnect???? blk,wht,red, and ground
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elevator control unit is wired by elevator tech they use it
 
normbac said:
elevator control unit is wired by elevator tech they use it
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Brad you need to get a spec sheet from the installer location is specific and the discos are of a certain type you also need a 10 ft phone line tail
 
Brad Baxter said:
Also a dryer 10/3 not 120/240
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Brad typical American designed electric dryers are in fact 120/240 or can run from 208/120.

The heating elements are 240, the timer or controls and the motor are usually 120 volt ........ along with the 120 for the light inside the drum of many of them.
 
iwire said:
Brad typical American designed electric dryers are in fact 120/240 or can run from 208/120.

The heating elements are 240, the timer or controls and the motor are usually 120 volt ........ along with the 120 for the light inside the drum of many of them.
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I have wired both ranges and dryers that were just 240 however I would never run just a 240 volt cir. I believe the range was made by Wolf and the dryer by Boch. In fact the dryer and washer were both 220 and used the same circuit. The washer plugged directly into the dryer and the dryer plugged into the wall outlet.

Every elevator I did needed 10/3 with ground plus a telephone and an separate 15 amp circuit 120 volt.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
I have wired both ranges and dryers that were just 240 however..........
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Of course ........but probably why I specified "typical American designed" in my post. :wink:


BTW .... How well do the straight 240 units run on 208?
 
Brad Baxter said:
Roughing a house with a 30 amp steam shower steamist circuit and a elevator circuit. My question is do i need a 10/3 or 10/2 for these units. The dumb specs just say use 10. Anyone run these circuits yet? was it 10/3 or 10/2. Don't really like the thought of running the wrong one.
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Throw the specs away.

I just wired a steam shower, specs said 120v 30 amp, nameplate showed it drawing 120v 43 amp

Had run 10/2 then I got to run #8.

This peice of garbage shower was from some country that does not have a firm grasp on the english language, as evidenced by the paperwork that came with the thing.
 
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