30 amps disconnector for steam generator
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: RI
Posts: 145
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
30 amps disconnector for steam generator
..I am installing a steam generator for the shower... the manual says a disconnect (30 amps) should bed used besides a dedicated circuit...my elctrician says we need an outdoor ACC disconnect....
I am not sure why i would need an outdoor disconnect when the unit is installed in the basement...when i asked him , he could not give me a good reason....
what do u guys think?
I am not sure why i would need an outdoor disconnect when the unit is installed in the basement...when i asked him , he could not give me a good reason....
what do u guys think?
#2
Ah, I can;t think of a reason for using an ourtdoor disconnect either, unless it rains in your basement.
The least expensive disconnects I can find are the ones used for A/C units (the pull out non fused ones). They are typically 60 amp rated and the last one I bought was about eight and a half bucks. A lot less than a typical disconnect. (just by coincidence, they are 3R (outside) rated too.)
The least expensive disconnects I can find are the ones used for A/C units (the pull out non fused ones). They are typically 60 amp rated and the last one I bought was about eight and a half bucks. A lot less than a typical disconnect. (just by coincidence, they are 3R (outside) rated too.)
#3
The fact that it is rated for outdoor use is probably incidental in this case. The type of disconnect you need is most often used on such things as AC units and thus mounted outside. No problem using an outdoor rated unit inside.
Edit: OOps Nap beat me by one minute. Guess I shouldn't have spell checked.
Edit: OOps Nap beat me by one minute. Guess I shouldn't have spell checked.
#6
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: RI
Posts: 145
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
the disconnect is going to be located pretty close to the unit in the basement... steam goes to bathroom in 2nd floor.
#7
You may be right joed, but I hope not. If the disconnect is in the same room as the steam, he needs at min a nema 4, and more likely a 4x or 12.
IMHO steam is a killer to electric boxes. I go out of my way to get them out of the enviornment with the steam. It tends to seep into every type of box.
In the basement is a great way to do it, when the steam is going to a room upstairs.
#10
If the rating of the breaker is the same as the rating that the equipment mfg requires. (by a note in the directions or on the lable "max fuse or breaker size") then you you can use an un-fused disconnect.
If the rating of the breaker is 30 amps and the mfg requires 25 amps max, then you can either replace the breaker, or use a fused disconnect.