My house inspector noted in his report that the meter reads 240V. Is there a way of installing an outlet that would allow me to use European appliances and tools (possibly high wattage) without a converter?
2007-12-05 13:19:51 · 5 answers · asked by Evelyn D 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Sure it is possible, you will just drive the inspectors and house purchasers crazy and you will have a tough time finding European wall mount outlets in the US.
220-240 volt outlets are available in many sizes. Mostly you see the big ones for ranges and driers, but there are smaller ones that look a lot like regular grounded wall outlets, but the flat blades are arranged differently. The most common place to see them in under windows for heavy duty air conditioners or window or wall mounted heat pumps.
Your best solution would be to go to your local hardware store or other location that sells a good variety of US-European adaptors and get one for foreign visitors to use in the US. For example, this one.
http://www.exportappliances.com/proddetail.asp?pid=1439
then have an electrician install an American 220/240 volt outlet - the one with two flat blades shown is 20 amp so you get about 4000 watts available.
As others have said, you can't run equipment that depends on 50 cycle for timing as ours is 60 cycle and even a transformer doesn't change that.
If you need more than 4000 watts, then you would be better off cutting the plug off and installing an American 30 or 50 amp 220 plug and a range or drier outlet - again only if the motors, etc. will run on 60.
2007-12-05 15:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Voltage is not your only problem. In the US electricity is 60 hertz, while in Europe the lines are 50 hertz. I'm not going to give a lesson on power lines, but European appliances will either work poorly or not at all
2007-12-05 13:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by nathan f 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 08:36:43 · answer #3 · answered by vallee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'ld be better off changing the wire from your appliance but it still won't work right because european appliances are made for 50Hz
2007-12-07 13:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by jamzm2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're stumping me! do you live in America? we only have 110v electricity that you can make a 220V line out of for electric dryers, air conditioners etc.
never heard of converting to European.
something doesn't right to me. what does your electric company say about this situation? are you saying you've brought things from Europe to America and are now looking for a way to use them here?
sorry if i misunderstood.
2007-12-05 13:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by adam/penny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋