Re: Apartment 240 power

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 

same strategy applies most anywhere... I used to run a compressor off 240V
using two long extension cords... Watch out though when plugging in.. After
you plug in one side, the male pins on the other cord are hot.

It's also a standard technique for mobile DJ's and the like to get 240V to
run a lighting board in a residence.

Strictly not code approved, by the way, for lots of reasons

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> Subject: Apartment 240 power
> Date: Friday, December 01, 2000 5:23 PM
> 
> 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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