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Smitty Two

In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:22:33 -0000, Steve Kraus
wrote Re 220 volt to 110 volt:

Doug Miller wrote:
I see *nothing* in the original post that indicates the presence of a
neutral.

Perhaps you should reread it:

"Is this as simple as taking the 220 wires, and connecting only one
hot wire side with the common wire and ground wire to a standard
110 volt outlet?"

One hot wire...common wire...ground wire. What do you suppose he means by
"common wire" other than neutral? He's certainly NOT referring to the
ground wire since he says "common wire AND ground wire"...clearly two
different wires. And of course he doesn't mean the other hot since he
expressly stated "connecting only one hot wire" let alone that it would not
make any electrical sense.

We won't know unless and until he clarifies but presence of a neutral is
VERY STRONGLY suggested in the OP. There is really nothing else "common
wire" can mean. There is no need for this blather about using ground as
neutral. He never said anything of the sort.

Nice post Steve.

It's amazing how some people can't read a simple paragraph with any
degree of inference.

Yes, it is -- and you've made the same mistake that Steve did.

What mistake is that? Believing what the OP said? You may know
electricity, but Steve's "English language interpretation" of the
original post is correct. I'd say it's up to the OP to come back and
say, oops, I don't have a neutral, rather than you making that
assumption. No matter how reasonable and logical you think that
assumption is, it's one that absolutely contradicts the statements made
by the OP.