First, IANAE, but a 220 outlet should be easy to convert to a 110. You could buy a 'dryer' cord, outlet box & 110 socket at Home depot. You'll have 4 leads on the 220 cord, 2 hot phases, common & 1 ground. You should have 1 red, 1 white, 1 black, 1 green/bare. You need to tape off 1 hot phase (red or black) then connect the other phase, the common and the ground to the 110 socket. Voila!
Here's a site that should clear up the visuals. http://www.selfhelpandmore.com/switchoutlet/dryer/dryershowall.htm On 7/19/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're in an old apartment - rickety wiring. The whole house is on two > breakers. > > We tried an air conditioner (it's hot, dammit) and we blow the breakers > within 10-20 minutes (it's obviously close, but no cigar). > > Now here's the interesting thing: there's a 220 volt outlet (formerly for a > dryer) in our back hallway. This is on its own circuit (it has to be > right?) > > We'd need to run an extension cord something like 15' to get into the > apartment proper (the kitchen), but I'm willing to put up with a little > ugliness for a little corner of cool in the house. The portable > air-conditioner we have would work fine in such a situation. > > I'm having trouble even finding 220 volt appliances and since we already > have a new Air Conditioner that would work I'm hoping to just get an adapter > to convert the existing 220 volt outlet to a 110 volt outlet. > > > I think this is possible - at the very least there are all kinds of adapters > to convert European 220 to American 110 (or vice versa). Does anybody know > of what to ask for specifically? Better yet a specific brand or model > number? > > When I Google this I'm getting 100's of European and Australian converters - > I'm just looking for good ol' USA to good ol' USA. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165329 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
