Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re:230 volt power

My sympathys out to the left coast.

Strange, I have a gas dryer and it plugs into 120V with a standard plug.

One caution is that dryer outlets dont have a neutral, just a ground.
Now granted that the neutral and ground is tied together back in the
service panel in most cases. The dryer outlet is a special case that is
grandfathered in. Use with care.

mark

Don Rogers wrote:

> At 01:22 AM 8/1/03 +0000, you wrote:
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>>All homes have 230-volt power! At least ones that are
>>grid connected! You will likely have to have a double
>>breaker installed and wire run for a 230-volt plug.
>>This is simpler than it sounds.
>
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> When I purchased my Taig lathe about 10 years ago, it came with a 230V
> motor. The guy I bought it from told me that it would rewire to 115V. It
> didn't. So for the last 10 years, I unplug the Dryer and run an extension
> cord to the lathe from the dryer plug. Ticks the wife off when she comes
> home and see's the cord running into my garage/shop and the chips I've
> tracked into the house, but it works.
>
> Any house in the US built in the last 30 years and maybe even earlier will
> have a 220v, 230V, 240V input to the house, The terms are of greater
> difference than the actual voltage. If you have any 240V appliances in
> your house, you are wired. They will include an electric dryer, and
> electric range and/or oven, an electric hot water heater (probably).
>
> Housed built in the last 10 to 15 years will have 240V runs to these
> appliances even if they are gas operated. My house has 240V at the range,
> the dryer, and at the hot water heater, even though these are all gas
> appliances. This makes it easier to pull a wire into your shop area,
> providing you can get into the attic or crawl space if there is one.
>
> I sure miss the basements from the east coast. Out here on the Central
> Coast of California, every thing is on a slab with trusted roof and tons of
> insulation. Almost impossible to re route wiring.
>
> Don
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