Supercut 50P power cord

[rchavez101]

I am wanting to put in a 220 outlet with a 40amp breaker for the plasma cutter. I see that a 40 amp breaker should take 8 guage wire in the panel. Is the cord on the plasma cutter sufficient for the 40 amp breaker? It seems to be a small diameter cord. Please let me know if I may have to change out the cord as well. Thanks

[Rugar]

No you will not have to change the cord. And I would go to a 50a breaker as well.

[everlastsupport]

First off, hire an electrician if you need to ask questions on wiring anything.

That said.

The length of the power cord on that unit is not long (say 8 feet) and it will carry the 30 amps that distance with no problem.

Specs in a home are different as the wires from the panel might be 100 or more feet long to the "outlet". You just need to make sure you have the amps at the "outlet".

The Imax is listed on the back of the machine, that's the maximum current it will pull at 220 volts AC from the "outlet" (the breaker size needed). So if it's 30 amps or less, you can get by with a 30 amp breaker.

The max cutting power is 50 amps at the torch on your unit, but it's not 220 volts at the torch. We drop the voltage to get the higher amperage to the cutting torch.

If you have a 40 amp breaker you're fine and our cord is fine as well.

The codes for a house, say it is #10 for 30 amps. That assumes a long cord/wire with loss, not a 10 foot piece of wire.

[performance]

The NEC has set forth guidelines for wiring duty cycle limited machines. The duty cycle determines as much about the requirement as the amp requirement does.

[rchavez101]

When switching over to 220 from 110 do you have to rewire anything in the machine or does it automatically detect the 220V. Thanks for all your help you guys.

[everlastsupport]

Nothing inside to do. Just get the ground on ground, and wire the two other wires to the two hot legs and you're good to go.

220vac is the only way to go. You will like the power.