Hi all,
I've been piecing together the parts for a mostly kal style control panel for what seems like years now. It's finally time to finish this project and I've run into a snag. The last components I purchased were a 60a spa panel and the plugs required to supply that power to the panel. I chose 60a because at the time, my house was receiving only ~218V-220V, and I was worried I'd continually blow the GFCI of a 50a panel. A few months later the transformer out on the pole blew, they replaced it, and guess what: I'm getting 248V measured on my main panel. The problem is that I also bought what I thought was an 80a relay with a 240v coil. the coil is actually 24v. here's a link for the exact model from amazon: 24V Coil DPDT High Power Relay, 80A/240VAC.
So obviously I can't use this (or can I!? I'm so confused!), but I'm having trouble finding something I can use. I don't know enough to know what other part would be suitable. I read another, very old post recently that mentioned using something like this. Would that work? I wouldn't have a clue how to wire that, but thankfully my buddy that's going to help me with the build is an electrical engineer. The caveat is that I need to show up with all the correct parts ready to go!
Any suggestions? I see lots of threads about 60a panels, but none that are calling out parts.
Thanks again for the help!
I've been piecing together the parts for a mostly kal style control panel for what seems like years now. It's finally time to finish this project and I've run into a snag. The last components I purchased were a 60a spa panel and the plugs required to supply that power to the panel. I chose 60a because at the time, my house was receiving only ~218V-220V, and I was worried I'd continually blow the GFCI of a 50a panel. A few months later the transformer out on the pole blew, they replaced it, and guess what: I'm getting 248V measured on my main panel. The problem is that I also bought what I thought was an 80a relay with a 240v coil. the coil is actually 24v. here's a link for the exact model from amazon: 24V Coil DPDT High Power Relay, 80A/240VAC.
So obviously I can't use this (or can I!? I'm so confused!), but I'm having trouble finding something I can use. I don't know enough to know what other part would be suitable. I read another, very old post recently that mentioned using something like this. Would that work? I wouldn't have a clue how to wire that, but thankfully my buddy that's going to help me with the build is an electrical engineer. The caveat is that I need to show up with all the correct parts ready to go!
Any suggestions? I see lots of threads about 60a panels, but none that are calling out parts.
Thanks again for the help!
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