[ChrisAttebery]

Yes it's a 50A 220v outlet. All of my big tools run off that outlet. It was in the right hand corner of the previous enclosure. I moved the machine to the right about 30" before I started this round of upgrades. I wrapped the box with aluminum duct tape to keep chips out of the openings. I was thinking about adding a cover of some sort but I don't run flood coolant so at worst its in a really humid environment.

I had a chip fall into a hole in the top of the outlet box a couple years ago (before I added the duct tape). It made a LOUD pop, but the machine kept on humming.

Chris,

A quick question..it that a electrical outlet poking through the enclosure in back of the column? I wonder if that's a good place for it?

Stuart

[atomarc]

Well Chris...far be it from me to offer advice, but I'll guess that with your sealed up waterproof enclosure some type of flood coolant system may be on the horizon. Flood or not, I would make it a priority to get that outlet out of there. It wouldn't take lots of work to relocate it and it's just a bad idea where it sits now.

Stuart