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- electrical - Confusion over 220 and 230 volt outlets - Home Improvement . . .
220 wasn't even the original voltage It was 200, or to be more precise 100 100 split phase, and 500V for streetcars It was also DC A bump was made to 105V etc in coordination with light bulb makers Then another bump to 110 220 550, and then, power companies yielded to the inevitable and switched to AC
- 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 If it were part of a multi phase phase system the leg to leg value would not be the same as adding each leg to neutral voltage –
- GFCI Required for 220v outlets? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
It is a 2020 NEC change 210 8(A) Dwelling Units All 125-volt through 250-volt receptacles installed in the locations specified in 210 8(A)(1) through (A)(11) and supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel
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- electrical - Why Do 240V Circuits Not Require Neutral? - Home . . .
All electric circuits require 2 "sides" or "legs" of power regardless of voltage or polarity be it a 12 v DC circuit in a car or a 120 v AC wall outlet or a 220 v dryer outlet 1 hot leg is 120 volts, 2 hot legs is 240 volts across both legs with a 120 volt circuit we only use 1 hot leg, so what is the 2nd leg going to be if not the other side
- electrical - Can I do two 220V on a single line? - Home Improvement . . .
I am in the process of adding subpanel This question is a continuation from my previous question Can I do two 220V receptacles on a single 20A line? The equipments will be drawing max 3A and 13A
- receptacle - What types of electrical outlets are found in a typical . . .
Note, also, that you can perfectly well plug a 15 amp plug into a 20 amp outlet I have exactly that situation 3' from me--I had an electrician run an extra line, it feeds two pairs of 20 amp outlets (the cost of two pairs of 20 amp outlets vs a single pair of 15 amp outlets was only a few dollars )
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