MTboatguy
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I am just wondering, is it kosher to gang wire 2 240v plugs? I am running a 50 amp breaker through 10/2 wire to my plug on my compressor that is rated at 15 amps on start up and would like to gang another plug on the circuit for my heater that will pull about 21 amps, which comes out to 36 amps total load on a 50 amp circuit, looking at the math as long as I have secure connections I can't see where it would be a problem, with the 80% factor, it would still have 40 amps available to power both items and both plugs are wired with 10/2 wire which is the correct size for heat and such.
This sub panel is wired to home at the power box on the power pole and has a 100 amp breaker in the main on the pole, running through 2 gauge buried wire with a neutral and a ground. The compressor and the heater would rarely be running at the same time, but with 40 amps available, I can't see it tripping the breaker unless something odd happened.
Thanks
This sub panel is wired to home at the power box on the power pole and has a 100 amp breaker in the main on the pole, running through 2 gauge buried wire with a neutral and a ground. The compressor and the heater would rarely be running at the same time, but with 40 amps available, I can't see it tripping the breaker unless something odd happened.
Thanks