Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
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Hi All,
I need to buy a packaged freezer unit and have received a spec from Norlake with the following electrical data:
208-230V/60Hz/1P
Total system refrigeration amps = 11.4A
Total system defrost amps = 7.1A
Min. circuit amps = 14.2A
Max fuse size = 20A
We told Norlake that we have a 15A breaker available in the room that we want to put the unit (it’s indoor; Norlake model #CPX150DW). Please comment on any issues. We will be using a stepup transformer from 110/60/1 to 208-230/60/1.
Thanks for your help.
I need to buy a packaged freezer unit and have received a spec from Norlake with the following electrical data:
208-230V/60Hz/1P
Total system refrigeration amps = 11.4A
Total system defrost amps = 7.1A
Min. circuit amps = 14.2A
Max fuse size = 20A
We told Norlake that we have a 15A breaker available in the room that we want to put the unit (it’s indoor; Norlake model #CPX150DW). Please comment on any issues. We will be using a stepup transformer from 110/60/1 to 208-230/60/1.
Thanks for your help.





RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
I hope that that 15 Amp breaker is a two pole breaker.
Replace twp pole 15 Amp breaker with a 2 pole 20 Amp breaker.
If you have to ask this question, Hire an electrician.
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
Again, hire an electrician and have it done right. This is not a DIY situation (nor is this a DIY site).
" We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know." -- W. H. Auden
RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
Hire an electrician.
If the breaker panel is full, the electrician may opt to change two existing 15 Amp breakers to a tandem breaker, or in some panels, half width breakers.
Then you will have the space to change a single pole 15 Amp breaker to a two pole 20 Amp breaker.
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: Packaged freezer unit - Breaker/Max Fuse Size
I think most likely, however, is that the equipment supplier really wants this thing plugged in to a 230v, 20a 2w +g receptacle, with it's very own branch circuit.
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(Me,,,wrong? ...aw, just fine-tuning my sarcasm!)