Parkerbender
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2009
- Location
- Kansas City Mo, USA
Okay guys, so. Getting a new shop, moving to KC... This one is actually going to be mine, and boy is it rough... ha. Anwyay, so while it has been sitting empty some nice young people broke in and removed every ounce of copper from the place, hvac motors, wires, even the buss bars from the disconnects and things. They did leave all the light fixtures and all of the conduit though, bonus!
So.
I am starting from scratch, what do I want? I am going to, or at least try my absolute dambdest, to have KCPL just pull power to a disconnect and then I will go from there, and have them come check it when I am done as that I worked for an electrician for a while, I have a NEC codebook and hell, all the conduit is even there, so the only things I have to actually do from scratch is my few machines. So. I currently have a Hurco TMX8MYS lathe, biggest motor ~28KVA, 53KVA max, VM20 with 15KVA Biggest Motor, 20KVA Max, Mazak HTC400 with 20 and 30KVA Respectively. I currently have a 5 horse compressor, 200 amp welder, shitty bandsaws, big shaker, starting with 5 tons of A/C but will probably need more, blah blah blah... But the building is 16,300 square feet.
I like auctions.
So. What does a guy plan for? I mean, I have a big trailer and forklift, who knows if I drag a laser home in a few months? I feel like both I don't want to spend a kajillion dollars on an electrical service, but also I would prefer to only do it once. I have a whole pile of transformers because... I like auctions, so I am planning on just having them pull 480 in and I will handle it from there and not have a bunch of different meters. What do you guys have? In the near future I really want a cheap crappy screw machine for these little bushings I keep tying up my lathe with, and I have very much thought about trying to do some of my own anodize... I mean does a guy try to get 6 or 800 amps, or is that way overkill and nobody will ever need more than 1024k... err... 400 amps?
Thoughts, feelings, opinions?
-Parker
So.
I am starting from scratch, what do I want? I am going to, or at least try my absolute dambdest, to have KCPL just pull power to a disconnect and then I will go from there, and have them come check it when I am done as that I worked for an electrician for a while, I have a NEC codebook and hell, all the conduit is even there, so the only things I have to actually do from scratch is my few machines. So. I currently have a Hurco TMX8MYS lathe, biggest motor ~28KVA, 53KVA max, VM20 with 15KVA Biggest Motor, 20KVA Max, Mazak HTC400 with 20 and 30KVA Respectively. I currently have a 5 horse compressor, 200 amp welder, shitty bandsaws, big shaker, starting with 5 tons of A/C but will probably need more, blah blah blah... But the building is 16,300 square feet.
I like auctions.
So. What does a guy plan for? I mean, I have a big trailer and forklift, who knows if I drag a laser home in a few months? I feel like both I don't want to spend a kajillion dollars on an electrical service, but also I would prefer to only do it once. I have a whole pile of transformers because... I like auctions, so I am planning on just having them pull 480 in and I will handle it from there and not have a bunch of different meters. What do you guys have? In the near future I really want a cheap crappy screw machine for these little bushings I keep tying up my lathe with, and I have very much thought about trying to do some of my own anodize... I mean does a guy try to get 6 or 800 amps, or is that way overkill and nobody will ever need more than 1024k... err... 400 amps?
Thoughts, feelings, opinions?
-Parker