I believe you can actually re-wire the outlet. I think you need to change the breaker then run off of one hot wire rather than the two 220 comes in on. I'm not an electrician, and have friends help with electrical. But I am fairly sure it can be done and is not a big issue for someone in the know. I would not recommend doing it yourself. Call and electrician see if I am right and see what he would charge to come out and do it.
Ken -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:25 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Converting 220 Volt Plug to a 110 Volt Plug 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165330 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
