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oil pan 4 · 07-06-14, 11:20 PM

I installed a 0 to 300volt gauge with the MOVs hooked up inside the gauges handy box. MOVs are connected L to N since radio shack stocks big cheap120vac MOVs.
The gauge and MOVs are hot when ever the machine has power.
I installed a volt meter because my machine runs perfectly at home, because at home its got a sub panel at the service drop, but when I take it mobile some times it acts strange like its losing a lot of power. I will be connected to a 50 amp circuit but who knows that "50 amp circuit" could be 60ft long and made of 8ga wire or I could be on 2 legs of a 3 phase connection only getting 208v.
If I am on 208 I will know right away, if on a circuit made of a long run of under sized wire I will set the machine to 100 amps, connect 2 work leads and short curcuit it through the work and see how much input volts drop.

07-06-14, 11:20 PM	#27
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	I installed a 0 to 300volt gauge with the MOVs hooked up inside the gauges handy box. MOVs are connected L to N since radio shack stocks big cheap120vac MOVs. The gauge and MOVs are hot when ever the machine has power. I installed a volt meter because my machine runs perfectly at home, because at home its got a sub panel at the service drop, but when I take it mobile some times it acts strange like its losing a lot of power. I will be connected to a 50 amp circuit but who knows that "50 amp circuit" could be 60ft long and made of 8ga wire or I could be on 2 legs of a 3 phase connection only getting 208v. If I am on 208 I will know right away, if on a circuit made of a long run of under sized wire I will set the machine to 100 amps, connect 2 work leads and short curcuit it through the work and see how much input volts drop.