I have just received our new laser and am in the setup process.
it is 900 x 1200 dual tubes.
I am running a hardwired 220 "extension" cord from the fuse-box. I am using 12 gauge 4 wire. 2 alternating hots, one current carrying neutral and one ground. Inside the box all neutrals and grounds are bonded to the ground rod stuck into the earth under the service box. Where I live it is against code to use a separate un-bonded ground rod, the ground post on the machine will be connected to the ground through the "extension" cord to the box and through the bus into the existing ground rod.
With 15 feet of 12/4 cord we will lose a couple of feet on each end for the box connections, so 10 or 11 feet. I did not look at a chart but I think that 12 gauge is probably overkill.
I plan on grounding the different parts of the machine with some extra copper wire, case, doors, boxes etc.
(use my info at Your own risk, I really know nothing, except that electricity is dangerous, especially for lawyers)
Here in the US most single phase service boxes have 2 separate alternating 110/120 volt bus bars that accept the 110/120 volt breakers. These bus bars are side by side in the panel with conductor tabs that reach out to each side to accept the breakers. For a 220/240 volt breaker, the factory take what is essentially two 110/120 volt breakers and fastens them together. One half of the breaker hooks up to one leg of the bus bar and the other side of the breaker hooks up to the other side. This set up has power from both alternating cables through the two busbars. Our circuits are 2 hots one common and one ground. In addition to the fastening of the two halves of the breaker together, many breakers have 2 switch levers which are fastened together as well, so when one side trips the connecting bar turns off the other side as well. In general 110 volt systems are cheaper to wire and we only need to use 220/240 volts for big loads like ovens, heaters, kilns, large motors, welders etc.
Now I usually over kill on every job, and the wiring on this Shenhui has me a bit perplexed. They have sent me two IEC-320 Style computer monitor cords. I think they are .75mm, which is not very HD.
I plan to run shop air through a desiccant dryer using a separate existing circuit. The chiller is the CW5200, that is the same as cw5000 but for dual tubes. I plan on hooking that up to the switched outlet on the side of the machine.
It is a dual tube system but the only one tube will be used at a time. Eventually I might hook up a solenoid to the air.
Here are my questions
1) Are the IEC 320 cords big enough for the setup?? Or is it silly to use a $2 cord. (can you even buy this cord in thicker gauge?)
2) Is there a consensus on how big the wires on a 150 watt tube should be.
3) Can my computer be ruined by hooking it to the USB
4) Inside the laser one of the boxes has a 110/220 volt selector switch, the switch is set to 110, I ordered 220. Is there an easy way to know if my machine has been built for 110 volt service? Or part 110 part 220?
Thanks for the help, Marty