[Amps] Power cord to use when converting AL-80B to 240 volts?

[Will Matney]

Colin,

That's true as long as the cable is rated for 220 Vac, and you don't want to add a ground with the neutral. To do it right, I'd want a three wire with ground cord. Most 120 Vac cords only have three wires. To use a 120 Vac cord on 220, you'd have to use the ground wire for the neutral which most of the time is a green wire. That is if you intend on using anything on the 120 Vac line. Plus your using a white wire as a hot. The correct way is have a black and red wire as hot, white as the neutral, and green to ground.

Best,

Will

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On 10/2/05 at 12:47 PM k7fm wrote:

>If the mains cable for the amp is designed for 120 volts, it will handle
>240 
>volts.  The current is 1/2 at 240 volts, so you could actually make the 
>cable smaller.
>
>Regarding voltage rating, each wire is 120 volts to ground, so the 
>insulation need be no higher than for 120 volts (insulation between wires
>is 
>doubled because both wires are insulated.
>
>Colin  K7FM 
>
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