I am planning on sharing one receptacle so I can't run both at the same time. I don't think I should have too much trouble with wearing it out because the wheel balancer won't be used more than once a day and the shop I'm in is a temporary location. I am starting in a tiny shop to keep costs...
Ok, I think I feel pretty comfortable with using a 30a circuit at this point. Thank you all very much for the input. I'm excited to be a part of this community after years of watching from the sidelines.
I know it's not supposed to have a plug, but the real goal here (which I should have explained in the original post) is that I'd like to be able to share the circuit with my wheel balancer so I don't have to run a second 230 line. The balancer uses a 30a turnlok plug. The outlet is run with 10ga...
So I've been creeping on this forum for years and would like to start by thanking the community for all the help I've gotten just by reading in the past. Currently I'm setting up a very small commercial auto repair garage and have been referring to these forums even more than usual. I just...