Apartment 240 power

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca> 


>Original poster: "Rick" <ollopa-at-jps-dot-net> 
>
>Well, I'll pray on my stocks, cross my fingers, and hope for a 5 acre plot
>of land in a few years.  I've got a 15KVA 14,400v pole pig sitting in a
>closet downstairs =).  I'm glad I don't have a 240 outlet here because I 
>surely would have killed myself by now.

Hello Rick & Coilers,

Some of you apartment dwellers may have 240 Volt power available and not
know it.  Here in Canada, it is an electrical code requirement that there
be three "split receptacles" in the kitchen.  A "split receptacle" is fed
with 14/3 romex which allows each of the outlets of the duplex receptacle
to be fused separately, sharing a common neutral wire.  You can have the
coffee machine plugged into the upper half and the toaster on the bottom
at the same time.  Only the difference current flows on the neutral.

By taking two 120 volt, three prong males plugs and one three prong 240
volt female receptacle, you can make a "jig" to get 240 Volts from the
"split receptacles" in the kitchen.  Connect all three grounds together,
and take one hot from each of the male 120 plugs and connect each to the
two hot terminals on the 240 receptacle.  The neutral pins of the 120
plugs are not used.  This "jig" will give you 240 Volts at 15 amps, and
it will be relatively safe, although not code approved!

Don't kill yourself with the pig, Rick!!


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