Hi folks, I'm slowly putting together a new 1BBL electric system and wanted to see if I could leverage the brainpower of those of you with a more solid electrical background than I have. I'm perfectly comfortable throwing a new 20amp breaker into the panel and doing the end-to-end wiring, but GFCI and 240v will be a new experience. I'm pretty sure that I understand the basic principals, but just would like a 2nd opinion before I start making purchases.
I have a Cutler Hammer 200amp main panel which accepts the "CH" line of breakers and would like to add a 60amp circuit with the intention of having an anticipated max load of two 240v 5500w elements, two Chugger pumps on a 120v branch, a BCS 462, and whatever small electrical "shiny things" that I feel the need to pretty up the control panel with. The spa panels are nice, but I would like to save the space if possible and just use a GFCI breaker in the main panel and drop it to a receptacle.
What I'm thinking:
Add a CH260GF 2-pole 60amp GFCI breaker
Spec Sheet
Drop straight down below the main panel in the garage (about 4' total length) with 6/3 romex with ground like this:
Link
Here's where I'm a little unsure of myself.... can a 60a 3-phase 4-wire receptacle and plug be used? Wired as gnd, hot, hot, neutral rather than for 3 phases?
I was looking at this receptacle:
Leviton 9640
There is also an isolated ground version Leviton 9640-IG
...and this plug:
Leviton 9462-P
Between the receptcacle and brewery control panel, I was looking at some 6/4 SOOW cord... Realistically probably only about 8 - 10 feet in length, but I'll call it 15' for purposes here as a max.
6/4 SOOW cord
I know that most of you seem to terminate a plug on the main power cord and have a receptical in the panel... I was kinda just thinking of using a strain relief and hard wiring into the control panel. Is there a reason to not do that which I am not considering?
Thank you very much for any expertise that you can share!
Jason
I have a Cutler Hammer 200amp main panel which accepts the "CH" line of breakers and would like to add a 60amp circuit with the intention of having an anticipated max load of two 240v 5500w elements, two Chugger pumps on a 120v branch, a BCS 462, and whatever small electrical "shiny things" that I feel the need to pretty up the control panel with. The spa panels are nice, but I would like to save the space if possible and just use a GFCI breaker in the main panel and drop it to a receptacle.
What I'm thinking:
Add a CH260GF 2-pole 60amp GFCI breaker
Spec Sheet
Drop straight down below the main panel in the garage (about 4' total length) with 6/3 romex with ground like this:
Link
Here's where I'm a little unsure of myself.... can a 60a 3-phase 4-wire receptacle and plug be used? Wired as gnd, hot, hot, neutral rather than for 3 phases?
I was looking at this receptacle:
Leviton 9640
There is also an isolated ground version Leviton 9640-IG
...and this plug:
Leviton 9462-P
Between the receptcacle and brewery control panel, I was looking at some 6/4 SOOW cord... Realistically probably only about 8 - 10 feet in length, but I'll call it 15' for purposes here as a max.
6/4 SOOW cord
I know that most of you seem to terminate a plug on the main power cord and have a receptical in the panel... I was kinda just thinking of using a strain relief and hard wiring into the control panel. Is there a reason to not do that which I am not considering?
Thank you very much for any expertise that you can share!
Jason