My compressor is about 30 feet away from my electrical panel. I'm thinking about running a conduit about waist high on the outside of the drywall from the panel to the compressor. I could run the conduit along the ceiling, but it is 16 feet up and I would have to rent a scissor lift. (I'm afraid to go up on ladders that high.) Are there any safety or code related problems with running conduit horizontally along a wall?
Why bother?
Buy a 50 ft extension cord of suitable size, cut off the female end and wire it directly into the compressor.
Install a receptacle at the panel.
Plug in the compressor when you need it, otherwise keep it unplugged.
I run a 5HP, 240V, 2 stage compressor this way.
HTH
Lew
"AL" wrote in news:FLYnc.23670$z06.3966910@attbi_s01:
No problem with that at all. IIRC As long as the compressor is within sight of the breaker box, no disconnect at the compressor is needed either, although it is generally accepted practice to install one.
Hey Al,
No problem with that in Ontario.
Take care.
Brian Laws>My compressor is about 30 feet away from my electrical panel. I'm thinking
Not in BC. In fact, here you don't need the conduit in a residential property if the run is five feet or more above the floor. I don't know about commercial property.
Ted
What you might want to consider is running it at normal ceiling height or higher around the room and then dropping it down at the compressor. That way it'll be out of the way instead of right at the point where a workbench or shelving may need to be against the wall. You could do that with a step ladder instead of having to reach all the way up to 16'.
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