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Re: [Amps] Quick 220 outlet?

To: John D'Ausilio <jdausilio@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Quick 220 outlet?
From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Reply-to: garyschafer@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:55:27 -0500
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Well, Just be careful if you do use something like this.
The problem is that the breakers are not ganged like they are on a real 220 circuit. With this thing one breaker can pop with an overload and the other leg is still hot! You can get zapped thinking the power is off.


73
Gary  K4FMX


John D'Ausilio wrote:
Cute idea .. they're making a boatload of cash on it too, $200 with
'special' extension cords. It should work just fine though .. house
service is 220 'split', so either leg to neutral yields 110V. Look
inside your distribution panel and you'll see that the breakers
alternate between legs (which is also how/why 220V breakers work on
two adjacent breaker locations). These guys are just having you plug
into a circuit on each leg .. the "amber light" is probably a
neon/resistor across the two hot wires, 0V if they're on the same leg,
220V if on different legs. I think I'll make one of these :)

de John/W1RT


On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:07:24 -0500, n4gi@tampabay.rr.com <n4gi@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

I ran across this gaget. Says it's rated at 20amperes...

http://www.quick220.com/pictures.htm

The extension cord looks kind of scary, but perhaps enough to temporarily run an amp on an expedition?

73,
Blake N4GI

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