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    220v vs 240v outlet questions

    220 vs 240 outlet questions I have a question understanding the difference between 220 volt outlets and 240 volt outlets. I saw a video online of someone adding, as the video describes, 220 volt outlets to their shop. He opens the panel, and obviously by means of a double breaker, connects both...
  2. D

    Need 2-gang, single receptacle box cover for two 220v, 20 amp receptacles

    I have two 220 volt receptacles (one L14-20 and one L6-20) that I want to mount next to one another in a standard two gang switch box. This would mean I also need a 2-gang, single receptacle box cover (two round holes next to one another, one in the center of each gang. I can find a 2-gang...
  3. M

    Variable voltage 220v Appliance (Type I) to 110v (Type B) socket,

    Hello everybody, I am not an electrician or anything of the sort, but figured that this would be the best place to ask my question. I have a 220v heating appliance with a Chinese Type I plug. The appliance has a volatge regulator knob that allows voltage to be varied anywhere between 0v and...
  4. S

    Workshop Q light gauge 220v can a 3 phase 415v connection be made up?

    Hello again and Happy NY all. I have decided to take a small piece of family land and erect a house ( live for a few years) As part of this, i have to do a lot myself, joinery carpentry etc. I have access to a rural farm workshop to conduct all, its dry but the electrical connection is run...
  5. S

    When connected to the fan voltage at connectors is 20v when disconnect from fan voltage is 220v. This down to the capacitor?

    When connected to the fan voltage at connectors is 20v when disconnect from fan voltage is 220v. This down to the capacitor?
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    what do these 380v wiring colours mean, I want to use with a 220v vfd. it may have had speed control

    Hello, I am a woodworker who has got a large old power feed, its 380v and i want someone to rewire to a 220v vfd for me, can someone please tell me what these old colour codes mean. I bought the machine in Scotland.I can't find any easy diagrams online.I think its a good few years old.Thank you...
  7. D

    230v european motorized pencil sharpener in 110v usa outlet bogs down

    Have a 220v (wired for Sweden) motorized pencil sharpener (Boston X-acto model 41). Since its a motor it does not work right, bogs down in 120v usa power outlet. What do i need maybe a transformer?
  8. C

    How to enable a 220V connection from the meter?

    Hi everyone! I am Cristian from Ecuador. Since I understand just the very basics of electric circuits, I would like to ask for some explanation about the wiring on the box containing the meter at home. First of all, I have to mention that meters in Ecuador are supposedly capable to deliver...
  9. mahaka11

    hello plss help it will take 2 sec.

    hello everyone i want to change my Xbox one adapter from 110V to 220V i watch video and there is 1 part needed part name is: HEL 14D 471K. so my question is: that module and (NU) 472M X1Y2 is same ? i mean can i use this instead of showed in video ? p.s. i'm 2/10 at knowledge of electronics.
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    220V AC Flow Control

    Hey there! I am kind of new into the AC/DC. My knowledge is mostly in the low voltage DC level. I am asking some of the specialists here. What IC or special wiring I need so I can be sure that 220V up to 10A can flow only in one direction, as shown on the image attached. Thank you in advance!
  11. K

    Motor connection to 220v

    I have a two value capacitor motor from china photos will includes i believe there country runs 220 standard single phase and I am in USA Sn: it did spark accidently when i hit black wire on another wire and kinda started Thank you
  12. R

    Lower the voltage of a three phase 220v delta wiring system with auto transformers

    Hi all, I have a three phase 220v delta wiring system but the real voltage is about 240-245V by measuring between the pairs RS, RT, TS. I want to lower it to about 220V so I was thinking to use three auto-transformers 240-220V wired like this: I expect to find 220V between the transformer...
  13. K

    Pls advice . 3x 2kw single phase 220v heater element to 6 kw three phase

    Hi to all So this is the question I have heater system in my basement, it has 3x heater elements all rated 6kw, so i have 3x6kw. Each of them is connected through kontaktor with three phases and neutral wire, so correct me if im wrong, each heater element works 3x2kw 220v right? That means every...
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    Activating 220v circuit (bathroom fans) by a 110v cicuit (lights)

    Hi, A brief introduction. I live in Havana, Cuba and bathroom fans aren't easily available, like many things so I will buy them in Europe but they are 220v. I have 220v in my house in Havana for the a/c but the bathroom lighting is 110v. 1. Can I put a 110v relay in the lighting circuit that...
    • noesfacil
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    • 110v 220v circuit fans lighting lights
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    220v Amps vs 110v Amps

    hi I been trying to read online but I cant find what I want what I wanna know is I asked a few electricans but each one gives me different answers what I wanna know is at 30AMp 220v is that 15amps one line and 15amps on the 2nd line right? as then someone else told me 30amps at 220v...
    • comet424
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    • 110v 220v amps lines phase single
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    220V 3 Phase?

    I have been asked to return to a premises which I tested and did remedial work on months ago. On our first visit there was a socket and flex trailing over the floor from a 3 phase DB (connected straight in *can't remember how* with ordinary flex trailing over a workshop floor (used by forklifts...
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    220v energy saver

    has anyone had any experience with these voltage optimiser's ??? atb zak
    • zak-s410
    • Thread
    • 220v electricians' talk energy
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. D

    Step Down Power supply from 220V to 120V

    Hi, I am looking to have some rewiring done in my house and want to know if it is possible to have a permanent step down light system in my kitchen. I have some wonderful lights from when I lived in the US and would like to have them fitted here in the UK, Is it possible and what would be needed?
    • djwhite
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    • 220v electricians' talk power power supply step down supply
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. O

    Live to Ground (as in the SOIL) voltage 220V !

    At the moment I’m working overseas at a BFPO address in the Middle East. The climate is warm (30-35 at the moment) and dry. While conducting a visual inspection of a distribution board I thought I had stepped on an ant nest as my right foot was 'tingling' as I was working away. On looking down...
  20. S

    220V wiring help

    I just got a 30A/50A dual power plug to fit into my dryer outlet I also got a 15ft dryer cable 10/2 with a ground the colors are white and then dark grey with a bare copper for ground. I'm trying to connect this to my 220v lead furnace. The wires off of my furnace are blue, grey, and green with...
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