Timeline for Combining 2 110v wall plugs (different breakers) to be 220v?
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| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:29 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | @EvanLedwith -- don't bother with Y adapter nonsense, period. There are far better ways to do it in your permanent wiring (basically, using a properly configured MWBC) | |
| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:19 | vote | accept | Evan Ledwith | ||
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| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:19 | vote | accept | Evan Ledwith | ||
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| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:17 | comment | added | Evan Ledwith | Thank you for the advice. Harsh or not, I have no doubt you are correct. The building was built by contractors for the U.S. Government, so the wiring was PROBABLY skimped on. My room is however designed for 2 people to live in and factored in for more than normal personal electronic devices. Heeding the advice everyone on the ENTIRE internet, I will take my 240v wye adaptor idea and save it until I get an electrical engineering degree. I am able to power everything using 110v, by using more power supplies and spreading the load. | |
| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:08 | vote | accept | Evan Ledwith | ||
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| Aug 24, 2019 at 23:00 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | Excellent analysis and safety advice! Moreover I don't feel confident that the electrical system of a single room in a community building could happily tolerate a 3200W load on a single socket for long periods of time, unless the system is new and the designers were exceptionally "generous" for the wiring (I admit I'm not used to USA electrical systems practices and regulations, though. So my "feel" could be misplaced). | |
| Aug 24, 2019 at 18:57 | history | answered | Michael Karas♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |