Timeline for How to Hook Up 120V & 240V On AC Disconnect?
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| May 13, 2022 at 16:36 | comment | added | Josh S. Lopez | @Ecnerwal - "A 60 Amp AC disconnect is a standard A/C part - you can use them to disconnect the AC to something that's not an A/C, but it doesn't change what it is when you go shopping for one." Not sure what the purpose of mentioning this. But ok. "As for "240V each" that's just plain ignorance of how the US/Canada power distribution system works" Unless you are measuring one from one of the hots to a neutral, if you measure from line to line, your voltage will be 240V. No ignorance. | |
| May 12, 2022 at 11:54 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | A 60 Amp AC disconnect is a standard A/C part - you can use them to disconnect the AC to something that's not an A/C, but it doesn't change what it is when you go shopping for one. As for "240V each" that's just plain ignorance of how the US/Canada power distribution system works, unless you're looking at 480V, which we are not, given the NEMA 14-50 plug. | |
| May 12, 2022 at 4:55 | comment | added | Josh S. Lopez | @Ecnerwal - As user ‘nobody’ pointed out, it appears you only briefly glanced at the diagram and question. The picture clearly shows a load center and OP is asking about a ‘service’ disconnect hence an air conditioner would not make sense within this context. Hence the ‘120V each’ statement remains incorrect and each line should have been labeled as ‘240V each’. | |
| May 11, 2022 at 20:27 | comment | added | nobody | @Ecnerwal This answer is obviously using “AC” in the “alternating current” sense, not “air conditioner”. | |
| May 11, 2022 at 2:15 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | It actually says "120 Volts each" i.e. normal USA/Canada center tapped service, 120V hot to neutral, 240V hot to hot. And most AC systems with a service disconnect are 240V. The 120V ones usually have a line cord. | |
| May 11, 2022 at 2:00 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S May 10, 2022 at 20:08 | history | answered | Josh S. Lopez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |