Ye maybe sometimes I may need everything on but like I said there's 3 circuits from an 40A RCD box and the 3kw vfd and 3kw spindle is on a single 16A circuit to the RCD box.
Do you not think 16A will be good enough for that?
Do you think it would be better doing 20A for the vfd and spindle circuit?
And then everything else on another 20A circuit to the vfd?
So i could do 2 circuits instead of 3? so x2 circuits 1 for just the spindle and vfd. the other for all power support units, drivers, control board, lubricant and add ons at another time.
Do you understand what I'm saying so x2 20A circuits going to an RCD box next to the machine which is linked with armoured cable to the mains consumer unit for the workshop on the otherside of my workshop but the armoured cable is connected to the mains only I.e its been spliced in a way so that it can still provide power to the RCD, so if the workshop consumer unit decides to go on me the RCD still has power, its just connected up to to the armoured cable coming into the consumer unit from the house that has its own double switch unit obviously only one for the workshop next to my mains consumer unit at the front of my house all done by an electrician so it could be signed off. It's so if the consumer unit decides to pop then I still have power but if the switch pops in the house cupboard where all electrics units are for my house switches and workshop if that pops then every unit stops in the workshop but not my house.
What amp mcb would you put the vfd and spindle on 20A?
I appreciate you getting back to me keith?
P.s if there's some bad grammar it's because im on my phone mate I hope you understand what I've said
I just wanted to know if 16A type c with surge protection be enough for that circuit? My RCD is 40A with surge protection as said and this is one circuit from that at 16A. My acorn board and 5 PSUs and drivers and stepper motors are going on a 10A circuit and my laser pwm and lubricator and spindle cooling kit which is a pc coolant system on a 6A circuit.
