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George wrote:

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?

An issue that Chris refuses to discuss, other than to trot out the
ridiculous "I don't like to scroll" argument that top-posters favor,
completely ignoring the fact that his own top-posting saves him no
scrolling. FWIW, I did once ask him if it was Brigham Young who first
advocated top posting, and he said no, it was Joseph Smith.