On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:08:17 GMT, "James Sweet"
wrote:


There are also outlets used for room air conditioners. I have a 120V
15/20A outlet by one window downstairs and a 240V 20A (IIRC) outlet
for the thru-the-wall AC. Stoves and clothes dryers may also have
either a three pin ungrounded or four pin grounded outlet.



I've heard of those, I don't recall ever actually seeing a 240V window AC
unit though. AC in general is very rare around here and if people have it,
it's normally central. Perhaps 0.1% of the houses have vertical casement
windows that an AC unit will fit in, I suppose that would explain it.


240-volt, single-phase plugin window-mount a/c units are very common
in the US south, in older homes. They are nearly essential to
survival.

John