The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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PrinceValorum
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Does anyone know in a breaker box, if you have two switches on one circuit for 220v, and they both have 50A ratings, is that a 100A circuit? Is older wiring rated for that kind of stuff? I mean 100A seems like a lot.
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NO! The rating that is on the breaker ex. 50A is the rating if you have a single breaker its a 110v 50a breaker aka a 50 amp single pole breaker. if you have a breaker that is double the width and is rated @ 50 amps it is a 50 amp double (2) pole breaker which is rated @ 50 amps but 220v. the amperage rating doesn't go up but the voltage does. 220v breakers are used for large electric appliances (stove, dryer, hot water tank, A/C.) or in your case a 220v air compressor. And as far as wiring goes it is rated as well 14ga. wire is mostly for lighting and is rated upto 15a, 12 ga. wire is for recepticals and is usually rated upto 20a. 100 amp wire is usually 6-8 ga wire. hope that helps.
PrinceValorum
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Thanks! I hate being a total newb about things concerning electricity!
Marc beat me to it!
I'm pretty sure I have a couple books here at the office of simple electrical if you ever need anything. I have a few books at the house too, but most of those are text books. Just throwing it out there.
For those of you who aren't my FB friends. I'm drawing some plans for a rear bumper diffuser. I want it to have similarities to the Stock MSP wing, but I don't know if I want it to be detachable of molded into the rear bumper. Any thoughts?
I want to see how it turns out first on the rear bumper. I haven't decided if I want to do the rear in carbon fiber or fiberglass. If anything I can make a mock up out of fiberglass then go all out if it turns out sick. Then a flat bottom can follow. Soon to be "because race car"
Step 1: find a race class that's not completely balls out bonkers that allows you to flat-bottom your car, or add a rear diffuser.
Step 2: report back to the class.
If you want to make it a race car, maybe find a rulebook from where you want to race it first before you start doing expensive, time consuming crap you have to undo later. Either that or you get to be the "I can't believe this one stupid modification puts me into XXXX class this is bulls***!" guy.
Step 2: report back to the class.
If you want to make it a race car, maybe find a rulebook from where you want to race it first before you start doing expensive, time consuming crap you have to undo later. Either that or you get to be the "I can't believe this one stupid modification puts me into XXXX class this is bulls***!" guy.
yea but for autocross, 1 fun mod can put you in a class where you are not at all competitive...
building it to build it, cool... you want it on the car, like the guys said, to make it functional, you need alot more work than jsut building and slapping something under the bumper
building it for autocross with no knowledge of said rules is not wise...
i think thats what the guys are saying, not that he shouldnt build it if he wants to. but since hes said before the car will be autocrossed a good bit, hes slightly hampered by rules to keep in in a competitive class, or go balls out and be the slowest car in the class
building it to build it, cool... you want it on the car, like the guys said, to make it functional, you need alot more work than jsut building and slapping something under the bumper
building it for autocross with no knowledge of said rules is not wise...
i think thats what the guys are saying, not that he shouldnt build it if he wants to. but since hes said before the car will be autocrossed a good bit, hes slightly hampered by rules to keep in in a competitive class, or go balls out and be the slowest car in the class
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princess peach
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this is true, so the next question is: do you want to be competitive or just go out there and have fun?
thats why it would be best detachable. im working on the idea of one too, but honestly corey, having one in autocross would just be extra weight. being in a fwd car you need a lot of rotation to make it around the course fast. thats why your car is so successful. a diffuser would just pin the rear down and you dont really need that for autox. and not to mention that youd never really get to speeds high enough for it to be functional...
I also see his point of just wanting to fabricate fun stuff too. Half the fun of this passion is working on the car. I want to make brake ducts eventually. Do I need them? Heck no. But it will be fun.
After screwing with the Miata, trying to find out why it wasn't working right... my passion is just driving it.
Modifying it to make it more fun to drive... AWESOME!
Tracking down gremlins that you can't figure out and it causes a **** ton of stress out of the blue... PASS!
But your intention with your car is tracking it. Brake dusts will make a difference for you, so while its a fun fabbing project (and probably won't take more than a few hours), it will be functional.
