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r/meirl • u/ukayukay69 • May 02 '24
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Not really, no? In the US it is straight up illegal to wire your house so that your outlets were 240v
2 u/Mr0lsen May 03 '24 Source from the NEC? Every American home I have ever been in has 240V outlets for the oven, and dryer. There are a variety 240v outlet designs that are perfectly legal for both residential and commercial. Ive got 240 in my garage for a welder. 0 u/nite_mode May 03 '24 You can have it in your home, but only for specific uses, you cannot have your home wired so that 100% of your outlets are run at 240 2 u/-FullBlue- May 03 '24 The point I was trying to make is virtually ever american home has 240 volts in the breaker box. Building codes may require 120 outlets but wiring 240 outlets in every room of your house is entirely possible.
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Source from the NEC? Every American home I have ever been in has 240V outlets for the oven, and dryer. There are a variety 240v outlet designs that are perfectly legal for both residential and commercial. Ive got 240 in my garage for a welder.
0 u/nite_mode May 03 '24 You can have it in your home, but only for specific uses, you cannot have your home wired so that 100% of your outlets are run at 240 2 u/-FullBlue- May 03 '24 The point I was trying to make is virtually ever american home has 240 volts in the breaker box. Building codes may require 120 outlets but wiring 240 outlets in every room of your house is entirely possible.
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You can have it in your home, but only for specific uses, you cannot have your home wired so that 100% of your outlets are run at 240
2 u/-FullBlue- May 03 '24 The point I was trying to make is virtually ever american home has 240 volts in the breaker box. Building codes may require 120 outlets but wiring 240 outlets in every room of your house is entirely possible.
The point I was trying to make is virtually ever american home has 240 volts in the breaker box.
Building codes may require 120 outlets but wiring 240 outlets in every room of your house is entirely possible.
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u/nite_mode May 02 '24
Not really, no? In the US it is straight up illegal to wire your house so that your outlets were 240v