Powering your grow with a 50 amp dryer outlet.

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Dogg1

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MECMO NEMA 10-50P to 4X NEMA 5-15R 5-20R T-Blade Household w/ Circuit Breaker, 220/250V Electrical Stove/Range/Oven to Gas Range 110/125V Power Convert Adapter 10-50P to Four 5-15/5-20R,STW 10AWG/3C https://a.co/d/5TtkPZ3

Found this bad boy on Amazon. Hopefully going to solve the problems of tripping breakers and many extension cords going from different zones of my breaker board.

* Issus with link?
 
FmSwayze

FmSwayze

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Dogg1 said:
MECMO NEMA 10-50P to 4X NEMA 5-15R 5-20R T-Blade Household w/ Circuit Breaker, 220/250V Electrical Stove/Range/Oven to Gas Range 110/125V Power Convert Adapter 10-50P to Four 5-15/5-20R,STW 10AWG/3C https://a.co/d/5TtkPZ3

Found this bad boy on Amazon. Hopefully going to solve the problems of tripping breakers and many extension cords going from different zones of my breaker board.

* Issus with link?
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It works great
 
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Dogg1

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Recently I had a side job where I was welding heavy plate at my house through the same receptacle. With a clamp on meter I measured over 12 amps running load. I'm feeling fairly confident that my 1800w peak load should be handled by the 50 amp circuitry. Although I'm always open to hearing others advices when it comes to safety, I do think this one's pretty smooth
 
OneHitDone

OneHitDone

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Dogg1 said:
MECMO NEMA 10-50P to 4X NEMA 5-15R 5-20R T-Blade Household w/ Circuit Breaker, 220/250V Electrical Stove/Range/Oven to Gas Range 110/125V Power Convert Adapter 10-50P to Four 5-15/5-20R,STW 10AWG/3C https://a.co/d/5TtkPZ3

Found this bad boy on Amazon. Hopefully going to solve the problems of tripping breakers and many extension cords going from different zones of my breaker board.

* Issus with link?
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I'm no master sparky but I am certain that device is a cringe for sure. The issue is when splitting 240V to 110V from the dryer plug there is no neutral.
All of the 110V loads will be carried on the ground wire.
Why not just run your only your 240V devices (lights most likely) from the dryer plug and get the 110V from a different outlet? :peace:
 
CWF

CWF

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I am a sparky and an EE and that gives me the fantods. Have an electrician rewire the dryer outlet to a NEMA 14-50R. I take it you don't have a dryer?

When I built my little "room" I added two new 20A breakers to my panel just for that, with two 12 AWG romex (copper) circuits to 2 quad outlets, GFCI protected (required in basement by NEC).
 
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Dogg1

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CWF said:
Extra ground for what? 10-50 has two hots and a ground already - what it doesn't have is a neutral. Make sure short term is short.
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The extra ground goes from a ground rod fixture in the garage following the steel conduit and is secured with a small screw to the underside of the box that the outlet is housed in. This is how I bought the house as it was inspected and passed by local regional code. I don't want any fires. I haven't changed anything. Just plugged in this adapter.
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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OneHitDone said:
I'm no master sparky but I am certain that device is a cringe for sure. The issue is when splitting 240V to 110V from the dryer plug there is no neutral.
All of the 110V loads will be carried on the ground wire.
Why not just run your only your 240V devices (lights most likely) from the dryer plug and get the 110V from a different outlet? :peace:
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That's odd. My dryer plug has 4 wires. Two hots, a neutral and a ground. The 240 in the shop tho has only 2 hots and a neutral/ground.

Years ago I ran a 14/3 - 240 line to my basement grow room then split it into 2 - 120 duplex plugs in one box with each hot having a 15A breaker. One side is for an HID light up to 1000W and something light like a 12" oscillating fan and the other for my 6" inline exhaust fan and maybe an aerator pump or the 9W light mover. Both plugs share the neutral and there is a ground. Zero problems with it.

:peace:
 
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