Thursday, June 10, 2010

Lift it #3

The electrical requirements on this Atlas lift were a little sketchy, I'll tell you the manual is terrible,  written by those who speak a different native language.  The manual states a 40A, 110v circuit. I thought that was odd.  I checked with the retailer and they told me a 30A, 110v circuit.  Unforetunately my garage only had a 15A 110v circuit currently so I would have to do a full upgrade, running a new circuit back to the panel.

So some 10/2 wire and a 30A breaker was the call since the retailer said that was what it needed,  I thought 30A was overkill but didn't want to do a 20A and have it not work.  When I first tested in the 15A circuit it worked fine, until I put a car on it and it tripped the beaker every time.

This lift also does not ship with a cord end so be prepared to wire up the end for the receptacle you need.

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