Or do you have to be a complete idiot for that to happen? My air purifier broke twice and an electrician told us someone wired the outlet that way.
2007-12-24 15:01:47 · 8 answers · asked by pxn11 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Your "electrician" is probably an idiot fly by night guy.
I really have no idea where he got that. The only thing I can figure is he read the lettering on the insulation. Wiring like NM (Romex) has a 600V rms insulation rating. This means the insulation will withstand 600V, it doesn't mean that the wiring has 600V on it.
If your purifier had 600V on it it would have died a violent death and you would certainly have known it immediately. A 600V arc is not self extinguishing and you would have seen immediate and severe heat and arc flash damage.
The max you can get in a residence is 240V line to line and 120V line to neutral. These are nominal voltages and what you measure will vary but it sure won't be 600V.
Go get a meter, put it on this circuit and tell this guy he doesnt know what hes talking about.
2007-12-24 15:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by David B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All residential wiring is 120 volts.(USA) The most some one could have run to any outlet is 220, like that used for an air conditioner. No way 600 volts at an outlet. Where do you live? Get a REAL electrician.
Buy a $10 voltage checker at radio shack.
2007-12-24 15:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by Gary 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've seen as low as 90 volts to 255 in house outlets.The norm is 110-220 or 120-240 Scheeshhhh.
2007-12-24 15:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Snipper 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take a Volt meter and check the voltage of the plug. Make sure the dial is set for AC. It might be possible that it may have been wired for 240 volt by mistake.
2007-12-24 15:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Ham8888888888 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
depends on what country your in ?
if your in the USA, i doubt it , maby 60v, is the electrician licensed ? or just a wkend guy, sounds like he is blowing smoke,
plug a lamp into the outlet, see if it works,
could be just the purifier is bad,
2007-12-24 22:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't hafta be an idiot-you hafta be a magicon The most you can get is 240 volts.
2007-12-25 12:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by charleslvjy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The most you can get out of a U.S. residential
system is 240V. nominal.
I'd use a different 'electrician` next time.
2007-12-25 10:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pretty difficult, they would have had to run a powerline directly to an outlet without any resistors. It would take a moron.
2007-12-24 15:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋