Goodday all
I have to hook up my pool pump temporarily, it is a 12/2 20 amp line.
I don’t have a dishwasher at the present time, so can I use this circuit? It is a dedicated circuit 30 amp breaker on a 14/2 nmd 7 wire. (professionally wired).
I will be getting a sub panel installed in my garage, and this is where the permanent pool circuit will be. I just need a temp circuit to get the pool running.
Thanks in advance
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Something does not compute. How can you have 14/2 on a 30A breaker?
I think a lot of pool pumps are 240V, and most dishwashers are 120V.
Your 100% correct, pool pumps are 220 volt units and use of 30 amps with 14 gauge wire is not what I'd call professional wiring. Sounds to me like the electrician is using the house wiring as a fuse. We need more info I think!
You're blowin' smoke. Hayward, the industry standard for over fifty years, wire most of their big pump motors for either 115 or 230, two speed motors being the exception.
http://www.haywardnet.com/inground/products/displayProd.cfm?ProductID=10
That's why I posted the question. I have an electrician coming to do the sub-panel, I'll have him look at this circuit as well, becasue it didn't make sense to me either.
Assuming it's a standard pool pump, like a one and a half horse or thereabouts, it'll work fine temporarily on a 14/2 line, if it isn't a very long run. Up to fifty feet, should be no problem.
I can say that because I have lots of experience, running pool pumps on power cords as small as 16/2.
I used to install in-ground pools so I often found it necessary to hook them up temporarily for the client with the supplied 12/2 short cord, running the client's power cord to whatever circuit was available.
I sure wouldn't recommend 16/2 on a one and a half horse pump because it really taxes the pump motor and the cord but 14/2 should be fine, temporarily.