Re: [Amps] Quick 220 outlet?

[Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>]

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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