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- Confusion over 220 and 230 volt outlets - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
Rule of thumb for home appliances: 220, 230, 240, it's all close enough not to worry about the difference There's a good chance the actual voltage on your outlet is somewhere in between and it's even possible the voltage is even lower than 220 (say, 218)
- electrical - How many amps per leg on a 220V circuit? - Home . . .
220-240v in the U S is 2 legs of a single phase The 2 legs come off the transformer and have a center tap (the neutral) each leg to neutral is 120v or 240 leg to leg
- Sub panel 3 wire and 220Volts - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
The 2 hots to a 30 amp 220-volt breaker in the sub-panel The sub-panel would never have 110 volts or anything using a neutral and would not have a neutral bus
- 120v vs 240v Mini Split Efficiency - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
The issue is not, generally speaking, efficiency in the sense of SEER or similar ratings Using 240V instead of 120V allows for more efficient use of wire (12 AWG wire can handle 20A @ 120V or 20A @ 240V), and in some cases more efficient motors Even higher voltage makes it economical to send electricity long distances, but that is really a different issue So the big question becomes, how
- electrical - Should I use 12 2 or 12 3 to wire a 220V electric . . .
When I bought my baseboard heaters, thermostats and 220V breakers I was advised to get 12 3 wire When I attempted to install the heaters I found that the thermostats, heaters, and even breakers have
- electrical - Old kitchen range only has 3-wires, how to wire correctly . . .
So I have an old range that I'll probably replace soon, so I decided to inspect the wiring box under the counter I wanted to make sure everything is safe when I wire the new range to the dedicated
- Adding GFCI to a 240v outlet - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
I recently added a 240v 30amp outlet to my garage for the purpose of an electric homebrewing system After doing some reading, I see that it's highly recommended that the outlet be GFCI because giant
- 20 amp, 220v, 2 pole GFCI Breaker - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
Do I need a neutral white wire to install a 220v GFCI breaker in the main panel ? Currently have 220v, 2 pole red hot, black hot and green ground in the circuit running pool pump timer and pump
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