This was really helpful. I know nothing about electrical wiring and this actually made a lot of sense. I was trying to do something stupid and now I know why I should not do that :)
Hi, Billy Great Video ! Although, Would have been a much better video had you slowed down the termination process … You really can’t see what you’re doing when you’re making the connections.
Did you meter the Edison tails or measure the voltage? I think the voltage of one of the hot legs is 200 and the other two are 120 so you have to be careful with the extra voltage of the 200v leg
Hi Billy You are very entertaining as well as informative. Please clarify: the neutral from the L2130 are merged together with each neutral wire of each 5-20 breakout cable, correct? As well, same thing for the grounds. The ground from the L2130 is merged/bonded/twisted with each/all ground wires of each/all 5-20 breakout cables, correct? Then each one of the hot wires from the L2130 connect each of the hot wires of each 5-20 cable individually. Please confirm, especially regarding the neutral and ground wires. Thank you so much!! You are hilarious.
Ha! Thanks for the kind words! Yes, the neutrals are tied together. The grounds are also tied together. This is the same wiring scheme as any electrical panel: There is a buss bar that all the neutrals are wired to and a separate ground buss bar that all the grounds are wired into. If you used a multimeter to check continuity, touching any two neutrals in the cable assembly would have continuity, the same for the grounds.
I have a powercon 30amp and want to power an amplifier off of 2 Edison the main power break for the entire rack is an l-25-30 is there a way to create a breaker panel that will power all three amps on l-25-30 than power each individual one via split 15 amp Edison to 30amp powercon? Thank you in advanced
Hey friend I have a question: I have a power distro motion lab with L14 30amp and have as well another power distro L21 30amp 3 phase. I want hook them up both together for dj gigs led wall screen , pa , lighting etc etc.... but need an adaptor from L14 to L21 or vice verse, could you tell me how to do those adapters or have any diagram link?.. hope you understand my question, thanks in advance!
It’s easier to go from a 21 to a 14. Just don’t wire the 3rd hot coming from the 21. Cut the third hot cable off and don’t connect it to the 21. You will still get 2 - 30amp hots, a neutral, and a ground.
Wouldn't it be just as easy to follow code and use L21-20 male to feed three 5-20R cord bodies and have your 3 - 20 amp circuit breakers feed the correct L21-20 to match the amperage outputs of the circuit breakers? What is wrong with your using 30 amp parts to plug into a 20 amp circuit, is your adapter can now be plugged into a 30 amp circuit some where else and not be protected properly.
Sure. A 21-20 would be the correct choice. However their distro only had 21-30 outlets. The input of the system i built had 20 amp breakers to protect against this. Also, this is a custom cable that isn’t for sale to the general public. It’s specifically designed for the rig we built and to be used only when 21-30 power isn’t available. Here is a video on the build: ruclips.net/video/F5KY0z7eWgw/видео.htmlsi=hg1JgxcdvxZHmi4b
Same way as this with different genders of connectors. The AC receptacles would be “male” plugs, and the L21-30 plug would be a “female” connectors. You need to be very careful when doing this. A standard AC plug is only rated for 20amps. If you are using this for a motor, it could draw more than 30amps on start up. The system that I was using this cable in used 20 amp breakers ensuring that this cable never was overloaded.
@@billylaguardia You would have to have the 3 Edison male 20 amp 120 volt plugs - plugged into receptacles from 3 -20 amp 120 volt circuits on THREE different phases. or you will overload the neutral . Because that means 2 of the circuits are on the same phase and your sharing a neutral.
@@kenstreetsmart852 you are correct in the sense that you need separate phases for it to work correctly - assuming you were powering a motor or another load that required 3 phases. However you won’t overload the neutral. All panels have a common neutral buss bar that goes back outside to the pole/transformer. As an example, look at power lines: the top three lines on a power pole are L1/L2/L3. The next singular wire down is the neutral.
I misspoke on 2 of the distro outlets:
L14-30 = 2 hots, a neutral, and a ground
L6-30 = 2 hots & a ground
This was really helpful. I know nothing about electrical wiring and this actually made a lot of sense. I was trying to do something stupid and now I know why I should not do that :)
Thanks for the kind words! Be careful!!!
Hi, Billy
Great Video !
Although, Would have been a much better video had you slowed down the termination process …
You really can’t see what you’re doing when you’re making the connections.
Did you meter the Edison tails or measure the voltage? I think the voltage of one of the hot legs is 200 and the other two are 120 so you have to be careful with the extra voltage of the 200v leg
L21-30 is 3 - 120v hot legs. They all meter at 120.
Voltage from any hot measured to neutral will be 120, voltage measured between two hots will be 208.
Hi Billy You are very entertaining as well as informative. Please clarify: the neutral from the L2130 are merged together with each neutral wire of each 5-20 breakout cable, correct? As well, same thing for the grounds. The ground from the L2130 is merged/bonded/twisted with each/all ground wires of each/all 5-20 breakout cables, correct? Then each one of the hot wires from the L2130 connect each of the hot wires of each
5-20 cable individually. Please confirm, especially regarding the neutral and ground wires. Thank you so much!! You are hilarious.
Ha! Thanks for the kind words! Yes, the neutrals are tied together. The grounds are also tied together. This is the same wiring scheme as any electrical panel: There is a buss bar that all the neutrals are wired to and a separate ground buss bar that all the grounds are wired into. If you used a multimeter to check continuity, touching any two neutrals in the cable assembly would have continuity, the same for the grounds.
I have a powercon 30amp and want to power an amplifier off of 2 Edison the main power break for the entire rack is an l-25-30 is there a way to create a breaker panel that will power all three amps on l-25-30 than power each individual one via split 15 amp Edison to 30amp powercon? Thank you in advanced
Hey friend I have a question: I have a power distro motion lab with L14 30amp and have as well another power distro L21 30amp 3 phase. I want hook them up both together for dj gigs led wall screen , pa , lighting etc etc.... but need an adaptor from L14 to L21 or vice verse, could you tell me how to do those adapters or have any diagram link?..
hope you understand my question, thanks in advance!
It’s easier to go from a 21 to a 14. Just don’t wire the 3rd hot coming from the 21. Cut the third hot cable off and don’t connect it to the 21. You will still get 2 - 30amp hots, a neutral, and a ground.
Wouldn't it be just as easy to follow code and use L21-20 male to feed three 5-20R cord bodies and have your 3 - 20 amp circuit breakers feed the correct L21-20 to match the amperage outputs of the circuit breakers? What is wrong with your using 30 amp parts to plug into a 20 amp circuit, is your adapter can now be plugged into a 30 amp circuit some where else and not be protected properly.
Sure. A 21-20 would be the correct choice. However their distro only had 21-30 outlets. The input of the system i built had 20 amp breakers to protect against this. Also, this is a custom cable that isn’t for sale to the general public. It’s specifically designed for the rig we built and to be used only when 21-30 power isn’t available. Here is a video on the build: ruclips.net/video/F5KY0z7eWgw/видео.htmlsi=hg1JgxcdvxZHmi4b
Cool vid. How would you make a cable like this but in reverse? 3 male to one L21-30
Same way as this with different genders of connectors. The AC receptacles would be “male” plugs, and the L21-30 plug would be a “female” connectors. You need to be very careful when doing this. A standard AC plug is only rated for 20amps. If you are using this for a motor, it could draw more than 30amps on start up. The system that I was using this cable in used 20 amp breakers ensuring that this cable never was overloaded.
@@billylaguardia You would have to have the 3 Edison male 20 amp 120 volt plugs - plugged into receptacles from 3 -20 amp 120 volt circuits on THREE different phases. or you will overload the neutral . Because that means 2 of the circuits are on the same phase and your sharing a neutral.
@@kenstreetsmart852 you are correct in the sense that you need separate phases for it to work correctly - assuming you were powering a motor or another load that required 3 phases. However you won’t overload the neutral. All panels have a common neutral buss bar that goes back outside to the pole/transformer. As an example, look at power lines: the top three lines on a power pole are L1/L2/L3. The next singular wire down is the neutral.