On 5/30/2010 7:36 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
The OP question is if one leg to ground provides 120 volts to run a
device like a vacuum cleaner, or pressure washer.

Will a volt meter tell me if a transformer would help?


Sure, any particular reason why you insist on top posting in a newsgroup
where 99% of the posts are bottom posted? Just plain old politeness says
you "go with the flow". If you were in a crowded hallway and everyone
was walking to the right would you walk on the left just to prove something?