In article , Tazz wrote:
How would you get 220v to your 110v outlets unless your sevice was a 3
phase service and everything shared the neutral?

Just curious.

Two 120V devices on opposite legs of the service, plugged in and turned on
(clocks, for example). Their neutrals are tied together at a common point in
the service panel, of course (the neutral bus bar). Current flows from the
service through the hot wire of Circuit A to one device, through the neutral
back the service panel, through the neutral wire of Circuit B to the other
device, and finally back to the transformer through the hot wire of Circuit B,
thus completing a 240V circuit through the two appliances.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.