Re: 220V transformers on 120V?

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>Original poster: "Randy by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><randy-at-gte-dot-net>
>
>Well, chances are that you've got 220V plumbed into  your home,
>in an easily-configurable way..... your clothes dryer and/or stove/oven
>are probably, one or the other, or both, fitted with plugs. Your water 
>heater,
>if not powered by fossil fuels <you appear to be somewhere near Boston,
>which I have *no* clue about, I'm in FL> may also be fed with 220V, and,
>if so, may or may not be hard-wired....these options will hopefully give 
>you
>some options as to where to hook up your beast, w/o buying an xfmr to
>boost 110 to 220...
>
>(I'm waiting anxiously for Duck to pipe up and say "yeah, but if you
>took that 1X2 transformer and FED IT with 220.....)

Na, people have no sense of humour about that sorta thing ;) I *Was* 
wondering when someone  would state the obvious and say "Just run the stupid 
thing on 220". Every house I've ever lived in had it.

Have fun campers!






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