PeterD wrote:
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:10:07 -0600, clifto wrote:

Homer J Simpson wrote:
All US kitchen outlets (except in really OLD houses) have 220 volts - it's
required by code. It's easy to add an outlet with the right socket for 220.

First, the only 240 (note: there is *NO* 220 volt service in the USA)
in the kitchen is the electric range. The outlets are all 120 volts
(there is no such thing as 110, 115 or 117 volt service in the USA).


Maybe my brain is low on caffeine, but I'm having trouble processing this.
Tell me where I could find 208, 220, 230, 240 or other similar voltage
in my kitchen, please. My house is ten years old.

The range outlet is it. Period. Any house that the normal outlets are
wired to 240 volts is miswired, and unsafe.

In my case I have a similar situation. My wife got a rice cooker from
overseas that was 220 volts (the standard for that country). I wired a
240 volt outlet to the range (actually mounted on the range, looks
factory...) to run her rice cooker. You need a proper 240 volt outlet,
which will have *both* blades turned 90 degrees. This prevents you
from plugging in any 120 volt applicances into that 240 volt outlet. A
plug/outlet with only one 90 degree rotated pin is a 120 volt model
(20 amps, where the two parallel pin models are 15 amps.)

Hi...

I'm long long retired, but I suspect that part of the confusion here
might be the use of separated kitchen outlets. I *think* (and stand
ready to be corrected) that they're now code in all or most parts of
Canada.

In case I haven't described clearly enough... a kitchen outlet (where
one might be tempted to plug in a toaster/microwave/kettle etc is run
with 14/3 - the outlet strap is of course broken, and each "half" uses
a separate breaker (but on the same side of the line)

Take care.

Ken