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My pump motor has the 3 prong twist plug and Id like to change it to a standard 3 prong plug. Checked at my local Home Depot and all they have are medium duty replacement cords(14g). My pump is a two speeder with the highest being 8.8amps @ 115v. If Im figuring correctly thats 1012 watts, so as long as the medium duty cord will handle that wattage Im thinking I should be ok. Any thoughts?
Thanks
14 gauge copper is 2.58 ohms per 1000'. For a 10' cord, that's a .45 volt drop at 8.8 amps. At 8.8 amps that's about a 4 watt loss. No big deal in my opinion. However I would check for any hot spots on the plug, cable, and motor connections to be sure. Go for it. I know, someone is going to kick in about local building codes etc.
Al
Yeah. Check your local building and electrical codes....;)
Now Al is happy!:D
I'm curious why you want to go to the regular 3-prong plug. Home Depot sells the twist-lock outlets so it shouldn't be any more work to change the outlet (in fact probably less) instead of the cord.
Peter