Homer J Simpson wrote:
"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.

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.

IF YOU HAVE THE SKILLS,

I'm going to take that as a safety warning.

measure from hot to hot at any kitchen outlet. You
will find a voltage from 208 to 240 volts. Mine is 241 volts.

The voltage between the two hot pins on any given GFI in my kitchen is
0.0 volts. Either hot to either neutral is 122.1 VAC. I don't deal with
GFIs a lot, but I don't remember seeing a way to split the hot on a GFI
and so don't know how there could be 200+ volts between the hot pins.
I do believe that GFIs are required in the kitchen nowadays.

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