Breaker Size for Kal Clone

[protobeer]

I'm putting together a Kal clone and I've ready to start doing some wiring to put a new outlet at my brewery location in the house. I went and bought a 40amp GFCI breaker for my panel before realizing that this was going to be a giant pain in the arse. My question is if I could find a 40 AMP dryer outlet, would there be any danger in running my Control panel, which should never draw more then 25ish amps, on the 40amp circuit? If I run 8 gauge wire to the outlet, and the outlet itself is rated for 40amps, then there should be no risk of fire in an over current situation correct?

Now the question is, does a 40-amp dryer outlet exist? I've seen 30amp dryer outlets, and 50-amp Stove outlets, it seems strange that there don't appear to be any 40 amp outlets anywhere.

 

[BadNewsBrewery]

You need everything to work in concernt. The breaker, wiring, outlet, plug (that goes into the outlet) and cable (that goes from the plug to your control panel) all need to be rated for the same supply. The breaker is the ONLY part of the equation that can be rated for a LOWER load than the rest. IE, you can run 4 gauge cable and a 50 amp outlet, but only a 40 amp breaker. Granted, you'll trip the breaker if you try and plug in a 50amp load, but it won't set your house on fire like if you had a 50amp breaker and 12 gauge wiring - the wires would fry before the breaker trips.

Ideally though - you want everything matched. Simply installing a 40amp outlet does not suddenly get you a 40amp supply.

-Kevin

 

[jeffmeh]

I would think you would have to go with a NEMA 14-50 receptacle and wire your own matching plug for the dryer. And you would need to run 8 awg not only to the dryer, but in your panel also, unless you put a 30a breaker or fuse in the panel and went with 10 awg.