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Originally Posted by Kal-EL

Got it rigged up to one single 15a outlet outside my bench zone so no more shut downs within the bench zone. First stage is having trouble starting up consistently tho.....

Kal,
Is the first stage having issues starting or re-starting. When I was wiring AC system the minimum off time for any compressor was 6 minutes between starts. This should be the minimum off time but 10 to 15 minutes would be better. This prevents trying to start under a high head pressure.

The other item would be voltage drop on the circuit. On a 120v 1phase 15 amp circuit with 14 gauge wiring the maximum legnth to the cascade should be less than 75'. This puts the voltage at the cascade assuming an 8A load at 3% voltage loss. If you already have less than 120v at the outlet it would be more than 3%. 3% is the maximum voltage drop you would want on a circuit.