whateg01
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60 hz is 60 hz. It wouldn't have spun any faster. It just would have let the smoke out.
$5 Hospital Grade Receptacles?
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bwringer
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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey."
- J.A. Richards, 1901
- J.A. Richards, 1901
American Locomotive
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Many cheap and small compressors have universal motors in them. It would have definitely spun faster on 240v
whateg01
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In the 50s-70s?
rkevins
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The little green dot is John Deer Green paint, unless you have/do work in facilities maintenance (I do) or bio-med you just don't know how expensive some things are.
i put in some of those $5.50 legrand HD HGs (8200HI). they seem nice enough. i swapped the exposed work plate out from a duplex + switch to double duplex. i wasn't using that switch anyways, so now i have more outlets. this is in the garage and was driving me crazy. the outlets there were ancient and super worn out. **** was always falling out of it.
then i modded this standing desk with the red leviton EHD HGs (8300-R, $14). i put in a fancy, power-indicating one (8300-PLR, $21) with a glowing light too just for fun. total project cost was $110 which isn't too out of line compared to a fancy power strip like an ISOBAR8ULTRA ($90) or something – there's no surge protection, but the receptacles are fancier.
i used this 4gang fiberglass retrofit box (9314-EWK) from allied and am very happy with the quality. will def get their boxes going forward.
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the desk is magnus pro xl
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then i modded this standing desk with the red leviton EHD HGs (8300-R, $14). i put in a fancy, power-indicating one (8300-PLR, $21) with a glowing light too just for fun. total project cost was $110 which isn't too out of line compared to a fancy power strip like an ISOBAR8ULTRA ($90) or something – there's no surge protection, but the receptacles are fancier.
i used this 4gang fiberglass retrofit box (9314-EWK) from allied and am very happy with the quality. will def get their boxes going forward.
9314-EWK :Allied Moulded Products
alliedmoulded.com
the desk is magnus pro xl
Secretlab MAGNUS Pro | Secretlab US
The world’s first sit stand desk that powers your setup with a single cable. Add an electric lift to your day with nothing in your way.
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mike93lx
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20a receptacles with a 15a plug end? What if someone plugs a welder into your desk???i put in some of those $5.50 legrand HD HGs (8200HI). they seem nice enough. i swapped the exposed work plate out from a duplex + switch to double duplex. i wasn't using that switch anyways, so now i have more outlets. this is in the garage and was driving me crazy. the outlets there were ancient and super worn out. **** was always falling out of it.
then i modded this standing desk with the red leviton EHD HGs (8300-R, $14). i put in a fancy, power-indicating one (8300-PLR, $21) with a glowing light too just for fun. total project cost was $110 which isn't too out of line compared to a fancy power strip like an ISOBAR8ULTRA ($90) or something – there's no surge protection, but the receptacles are fancier.
i used this 4gang fiberglass retrofit box (9314-EWK) from allied and am very happy with the quality. will def get their boxes going forward.
9314-EWK :Allied Moulded Products
the desk is magnus pro xl
Secretlab MAGNUS Pro | Secretlab US
The world’s first sit stand desk that powers your setup with a single cable. Add an electric lift to your day with nothing in your way.
428PI
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Probably ok as long as you don't plug and unplug things often and expect big amperage draw.
My Legrand 50 amp EV outlet plug from Menards is definitely better than the Leviton that is known to burn up. About same price.
mrVanagon
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When I worked weekends at the paint counter at Lowe's, a customer asked me what kind of brush to buy for painting electrical outlets. I told her that was a bad idea. She shook her head at me, wandered around the brush section then, holding eye contact with me, picked up the cheapest possible foam brush and left with it. I hope that worked out the way she planned.Just paint it....
Excellent use of a proper strain relief going into that box as well20a receptacles with a 15a plug end? What if someone plugs a welder into your desk???
grounded-b
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Hospital grade MC cable has a redundant grounding path in it. It's basically AC cable with an insulated grounding conductor added.
Steve
Lol. Fwiw, it's 12awg, but yeah that's terminated with 5-15P.20a receptacles with a 15a plug end? What if someone plugs a welder into your desk???
Tbh, I wonder if 5-15 actually necessarily has less ampacity than 5-20 or if it's more about locking out appliances that need 20A from accidentally plugging into stuff wired up with 14awg.
Also, the real issue is I plug into the desk's built in 5-15R that is built into the top of the desk's telescoping leg, and the desk's stock wiring is indeed only rated for 15A.
I chose 5-20Rs just because they were cheaper.
Fwiw, I did use the box's integral clamp intended for Romex inside the box. Better than nothing, but a knockout with a nice clamp designed for round cables would have been superior.
I wanted it to come out from that face. The box only had knockouts on the bottom face.
mike93lx
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The receptacles are the same between 15 and 20. Just have the added slot for a 20a plug end
mike93lx
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The receptacle can handle the same amperage and doesn't change what the cord can handle
mike93lx
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Its not really a different connection, just orientation
nadogail
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IMHO, Hospital Grade Receptacles are often made with Isolated grounds.
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It actually has 2 grounding conductors, due to redundant grounding requirements.
Firebrick43
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They have the orange or green triangle on them, and have gotten away from as they cant be in patient care areas(most spaces of a hospital) as of 2011 NEC
The hospitals my wife works in do not for most areas at least. I haven't been in the OR
isolated ground (IGR, indicated by triangle on the face) is a separate feature just like tamper-resistant (TR) or GFCI. you can get receptacles in any combination of those features. i don't think there's really a correlation between HG and IGR.
pictured: HG IGR on left, non-HG IGR on right
green dot on face indicates HG
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wyliesdiesels
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you can get hospital grade receptacles with ISO-G and you can get them without it. depends on what is spec'd for the job
knightfire83
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The phrase you get what you pay for seems to be relevant here.
Here's an interesting video I found a while back on the subject:
Here's an interesting video I found a while back on the subject:
acer66
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It’s often the plug giving me problems with TR’s because the blades are not the same lengths.
Or my eyesight is off and I try to plug em in sideways.
