RE: Apartment 240 power

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Original poster: "Rick" <ollopa-at-jps-dot-net> 

Actually, I had thought about doing this...

Bue then I figured that I could just use a bunch of my 15/30's in parallel
since I don't have enough power to use most of the pig anyway.



On 02-Dec-00 Tesla list wrote:
> 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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