Great, you mentioned fusebox. Now this thread is going to spin off into a flame war over weather or not one should use a fusebox vs. a circuit breaker when wiring their homes. It's going to get ugly.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Converting 220 Volt Plug to a 110 Volt Plug > If you have access to the fusebox switch out the breaker. Find out > what brand of box you have and then go to Home depot or Lowes, they > carry different brands and you need to find the one that fits. > The 220 circuit usually takes two breaker spots, just leave one empty > and put in a 110. The existing wire should be fine, then switch out > the plug. Or call an electrician. > > > On 7/19/05, Jim Davis wrote: > > We're in an old apartment - rickety wiring. The whole house is on two > > breakers. > > > > We tried an air conditioner (it's hot, dammit) and we blow the breakers > > within 10-20 minutes (it's obviously close, but no cigar). > > > > Now here's the interesting thing: there's a 220 volt outlet (formerly for a > > dryer) in our back hallway. This is on its own circuit (it has to be > > right?) > > > > We'd need to run an extension cord something like 15' to get into the > > apartment proper (the kitchen), but I'm willing to put up with a little > > ugliness for a little corner of cool in the house. The portable > > air-conditioner we have would work fine in such a situation. > > > > I'm having trouble even finding 220 volt appliances and since we already > > have a new Air Conditioner that would work I'm hoping to just get an adapter > > to convert the existing 220 volt outlet to a 110 volt outlet. > > > > > > I think this is possible - at the very least there are all kinds of adapters > > to convert European 220 to American 110 (or vice versa). Does anybody know > > of what to ask for specifically? Better yet a specific brand or model > > number? > > > > When I Google this I'm getting 100's of European and Australian converters - > > I'm just looking for good ol' USA to good ol' USA. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165347 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
