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Default costs, was: Can I Use a 120V Appliance with a 220V Socket?

On 12/3/19 8:00 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:

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Agreed. 240 volt AC units other than central units are scarce as
hen's teeth around here.


I have a friend who used to live in a house too old to have central AC.
It had 240V 20A recepticles in each bedroom for window AC. I installed a
5000BTU unit about 10 years ago and it was 120V 4.7A. It cooled the room
adequately, and appears to be much more efficient than those they had
60-70 years ago.

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