Originally Posted by
swinginutters
i"m a refrigeration guy working on a cheesemelter. This thing is wired to a 208 v 15 amp beraker, which seemed really small to me. Model #mm36 it was only running off of the front two elements when one blew they called me. the front two are wired in series rated 104 volt at 1800 watts. when the rear and final one kicks in I'm getting total 23 amps on the line and the breaker trips. On the front two only im getting 15 amp draw and the breaker holds. according to Lang it's rated at 17 amps. the cord plug seems a little burnt but i'm not getting any resistance from it to the contactor these things are wired really simply but is there simething else i'm missing, I'm getting proper voltage at the contactor 210 volts.
any thoughts would be appreciated