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| trickyrick... |
 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:03 pm |
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I think that the AC in Europe is 220. Can't I just wire up something
from the outlet like oneside and the ground for 110 VAC.
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Rick |
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| Phil Allison... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:08 pm |
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"trickyrick" <rickj at (no spam) sympatico.ca>
Quote: I think that the AC in Europe is 220. Can't I just wire up something
from the outlet like oneside and the ground for 110 VAC.
Thanks
** No.
That will still give you 220 volts - in Europe.
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| Michael A. Terrell... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:14 pm |
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trickyrick wrote:
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I think that the AC in Europe is 220. Can't I just wire up something
from the outlet like oneside and the ground for 110 VAC.
Thanks
Rick
No. You need a stepdown transformer.
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| John Larkin... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:41 pm |
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:03:13 -0700 (PDT), trickyrick
<rickj at (no spam) sympatico.ca> wrote:
Quote: I think that the AC in Europe is 220. Can't I just wire up something
from the outlet like oneside and the ground for 110 VAC.
Thanks
Rick
Nope. Their voltage is 230 to ground/neutral. Our 240 is (usually)
120-N-120.
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| Eeyore... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:14 pm |
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trickyrick wrote:
Quote: I think that the AC in Europe is 220
Officially it's 230.
That's not to say you might not find 220 too and as much as 253 in parts
of the UK.
Committees you know.
Graham |
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