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good idea with the twist locks plugs .. if you did take the time to look over the wiring, you would see, that should someone try to plug an appliance in this outlet, there is no short ... it simply is open and wont work.

Well, the need for an on / off foot pedal is for 2 reasons. First, if I should screw up and get my hand caught in the lathe I don't have to go hunting to flip an off switch. That's obvious. Secondly this is a lathe I use for installing and shaping pool cue leather tips. turning the lathe on...

Thanks for the replies, I'll check into that sump pump plug. I actually have something similar for draining my pool, but without seeing what you are talking about I can't see how the foot pedal would work as a shut off. I'll understand when I look at it. The foot pedal has three connectors...

I understand, but doing it downstream of the duplex would also place it downstream of the resistor and subject the foot pedal to higher resistance if I plug the rheostat into that duplex. I'm not an electrician, so I am hoping there may be some specialized plugs used on duplex type boxes that...

Hello everyone, I'm new here and happy to have found this forum. I have a question as to whether or not I can wire something like I envision. In this drawing, I am attempting to wire a variable speed rheostat to a drill which is used to power a home made lathe, and use a momentary on / off...