Re: [siteplan] Re: electrical

By the way,
Spectacular job Ron on the electrical. You have almost single- 
handedly ensured our fight for survival through the winter, barring  
other non-electrical conundrums.

On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Felix Kersting wrote:

> Ron,
>
> Thanks for the update.  Is that a 240V/60 amp feed?  I was thinking  
> 2000W each in the processors and bag the inline heater, or better  
> yet, 1500 or 2k @ 240 elements in the reactors : 4x the power, 1/4  
> the reheat time.
> A friend is sending me a CD with the 2002 NEC:  I doubt much of the  
> Class1/Div 2 stuff has changed.  I will try to read up and am  
> willing to share if you don't have one.
>
> Felix
>
>
> R Buckner wrote:
>> Felix,
>> Here is an update on the electrical that is avaible now.  We have  
>> a 60 amp breaker in  the main panel feeding a 60 subpanel.  There  
>> is a 30 amp receptacle with cord and plug to feed the conex.  In  
>> the conex, the processors each have one 1500 watt 120 volt heating  
>> element and  the inline heater is now a 2000 watt 240 volt  
>> element.  On Saturday we were able to run all of these and the  
>> pump and lights at the same time.
>> Over by the 60 amp subpanel ther are two 20 amp GFCI receptacles  
>> for exterior conex loads such as pumps, except for the water  
>> heater which now has a 1500 watt 120 volt element  with an off/on  
>> switch and it is plugged into one of the 20 amp GFCI receptacles  
>> 24/7.  This provides hot water on demand.  The methanol recover  
>> water heater also has a new 1500 watt 120 volt element and can be  
>> plugged into one of the 20 amp GFCI receptacles.  The cord to the  
>> conex can plug into the generator as before.  It doesn't look like  
>> there is enough power for a third processor.  I was asked about  
>> getting electric heat in the conex for the winter.  We are at our  
>> electrical limits now and am not sure if the system will  
>> accomodate an electric heater. Ron
>>
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