Thread: Power Hook up for welder and air compressor.

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Thanks Cffisher; I did the same thing with the grounding rods in my Florida home.
The last owners of this home had a jaccuzzi hooked up that was 220 but is no longer out there.
They have a sepprate 100 amp box on the other side of the house for it.
That is tied in to the main but I am not using it, because it is to far away from where the compressor will be.
The compressor has a on and off switch on the side that I only turn on when I am using it.
So the Compressor and Welders will never be going at the same time anyway.
It's just a pain pluggin and unpluggin everything when ever you want to use something.
This is just gonna be on the outside of my house in the back yard till I get a new shop built.
Then I'll have the power company run me a new line in when thats done.
Thanks Rrumbler; I talked to a electrician today and he said everything I got is good,
I just have to get some really big wire to go to the new power box.
The wire I already have is good from the box to the plugs though.
This set up here is differant from the set up I had in Florida.
The first thing is there is a big main breaker box out side the house then a big breaker box inside the house.
In Florida I had one main breaker box out side the house.
The big power 220 stuff were all three wire hook up and here the big 220 stuff is four wire hook up.
I other words they have both a ground and a neutral wire along with two power wires.
Kurt