Re: How to plug on 115 Vac router on 230 Vac ?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "charlie2578"
<charlie2578@y...> wrote:

> If you just use one of the hot leads (black) and the
> neutral (white), that should give you a nominal 120
> VAC. You can check this with a multimeter. If you
> have a 4 prong 230V outlet, this is two hot leads,
> one neutral and one ground. If you have a 3 prong
> 230V outlet, then you just have the two hot leads,
> and the neutral (no ground). You can then just make
> a connector with a 3 or 4 prong 230V plug on one side
> (using just one of the two hot leads), and a normal
> 120V receptacle on the other.
>

Although the original poster didn't specifically say so,
I believe he is in Europe, where the normal wall outlet
voltage is 230V, 50Hz. He doesn't have neutral and hot
wires as we are used to them here in the US. (And I'll
bet his wires don't match the US color coding either.)

John Kasunich