Wa2ise,
Good to see you on this side of the forum! This could be construed as a thread-jack but your comment about running your computer off 240V intrigues me – is it a NJ thing?
Coming from the other side of the pond I carry quite a bit of 240V baggage with me and have had to make plans to supply some of the imported equipment that is sensitive to these sort of things. Is that an old air-conditioning supply you’re using there? How do
you get around NEC 210-6(a) which prohibits voltages exceeding 120V between conductors in dwelling units which supply lighting fixtures and “… cord and plug-connected loads 1440 volt-amperes, nominal, or less, or less than ¼ hp”.
In the main I feel OK as the 240V workshop equipment is not in a ‘dwelling unit’ (for the non-NEC world – broadly defined as a habitable room), the British hot-water kettle is 3kW and the Italian electric oil heaters 2.2kW each. My biggest problem is the Japanese digital piano which at 80W comes somewhat under the wire.
Frequency has not caused me a problem. The induction motors run faster but yet sweeter – and within their safety specs. Certainly nothing has balked at being given 120-0-120V 60Hz rather than 230/240V 50Hz.
[This message has been edited by Hutch (edited 11-05-2003).]