I pulled the trigger yesterday and placed my order for the G0766. It's back-ordered until March so I have time to get the shop moved around. As I look through the manual online it has an update showing a 6-20 plug in the wire diagram so I am going to assume that is correct. But later in the manual it says minimum circuit size is 15A. So I would assume that a 6-20 plug is intended to be used on a 20A circuit with a 20A double pole breaker with 12G wire. Or am I missing something. And can a newer owner of a G0766 confirm that it has the 6-20 plug. Scott
The important thing is to match your wire size to the outlet rating, and use the right breaker for your panel box. The Nema 6-15 plug on the lathe cord will fit into either a Nema 6-15 outlet or a Nema 6-20 outlet. I have my G0766 on a 20 amp circuit using 12-2 with ground Romex, and a Nema 6-20 outlet.....the same is what I have run for my new G0800. The G0766 will do fine with a 15amp circuit with 14-2 with ground and a Nema 6-15 outlet. For me, I wanted the extra amperage with 20 amp, and I have dedicated circuits with nothing else on those two 240v circuits.
I had planned to run a dedicated 20amp circuit with 12-2 romex but I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Thanks Now the wait begins... worse than Christmas when I was little!!!
I called last week and was told the shipment would on onsite in mid feb, guess I was given a sales pitch. Good to know the real status being you have placed an order.
Mark, not everyone in the company has immediate or updated info on shipment arrivals. Sometimes conditions on the seas or even port or customs issues slow things down from the original date given by the manufacturer. I went through this with a delay on one of my former lathes, and it was a work slow down at the port with the long shoremen failure to unload because of a work slowdown [union stuff]. There is so much Grizzly does not have control over, so hang in there, because they have an efficient system on their end, but everything between factory shipment and taking possession of it at the port is out of their control. Here is a thread with a post from Shiraz Balolia, President of Grizzly about some delay/backorder issues https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....ly-Frustration
I believe that if you look around at the 20 amp receptacles there are some made that will take the 15 amp as well as the 20 amp plug just wire it if you go down that road with the 12 gauge wire and the 20 amp breaker or fuse if you have a old box. And just as a fyi really 12 gauge wire is max rated for 25 amps.
Per Roger's and David's posts, this will do the trick on a 220v 20A circuit. It will take either a 20A or 15A 220v male plug to give you future flexibility. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-...-0WS/100356999
Yep David......that is what both my outlets look like.
I put in a "drop" from the ceiling for a quad 120 volt utility outlet (for a light, hot glue gun, etc.). I used one of the threaded bolt holes below the headstock to bolt the metal electrical it to the leg. I find that handy. I also have a 240 volt drop for the main power to the lathe. When I quit for the evening and especially during a storm period I unplug the lathe from the drop. But I'm wondering what others think about adding a 240 volt switch to the outlet rather than just unplugging it.
