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Default Can you derive a 110 volt outlet from a 4 wire 220 volt in theUS?

In alt.home.repair on Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:27:56 -0230 Terry
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Thanks!


I wonder why your code says 'no'. Especially since someone has
described an 'adapter' complete with 15 amp fuse. Neat idea; glad
someone mentioned it.
But maybe it IS to avoid 'modifications' that the not
knowledgeable (amateur electricians) may not understand even
though as John B says "is technically possible".
We can all probably list stupid and unsafe things that people do;
even when everything in their house is absolutely to code!
Here are my few contributions.
1) A lady's phone was grimy so she ran it through the dishwasher
with a load of dirty dishes! Afterwards it didn't work and put


This is a badddd idea. LOL. But if you put the cords in the
dishwasher, they come out great! (I don't use hot air to dry. I just
use time.)


the phone line out of service! In another case an outside pool
phone fell into a swimming pool from a rickety table/stand;
twice! The same house also left the pool phone out in the rain.
2) Someone shampooed their cat. Then put it in the microwave to
dry!
3) Someone ran an extension cord into a bathroom and plugged in
an electric heater! The story I heard was that someone fell over
the heater getting out of the bath but, fortunately, did not get
a shock!
4) A food outlet owner took the door off a microwave oven, jammed
the door switches so it would operate continuously; at least two
employees got burns to their hands putting food in/out! Along
same lines; a microwave in a train's lunch bar mounted about 15
inches immediately behind the head of the person serving
food/drinks! Lots of jolting motion on a train!
5) The couple who, during an extensive power failure brought
their gas barbecue inside the house and asphyxiated themselves.



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