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Posted by RBM on October 5, 2009, 5:00 pm
>I have an iron which is designed specifically for use on the cloth of a
> snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course is 250V, and
> has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system is 250V from
> the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20 amp, 220V plug
> and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table saw? That would
> mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord, to the two
> phase
> wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive heating load,
> I
> suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that score?
> TIA
> Kevin
You are correct, it should work fine. If their voltage is actually 250, it
will be slightly cooler at 240
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Posted by Kevin on October 6, 2009, 1:45 am
> >I have an iron which is designed specifically for use on the cloth of a
> > snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course is 250V, and
> > has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system is 250V from
> > the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20 amp, 220V plug
> > and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table saw? That would
> > mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord, to the two
> > phase
> > wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive heating load,
> > I
> > suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that score?
> > TIA
> > Kevin
> You are correct, it should work fine. If their voltage is actually 250, it
> will be slightly cooler at 240
True.... but not enough to matter I think.
Kevin.
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Posted by on October 6, 2009, 8:07 am
> >I have an iron which is designed specifically for use on the cloth of a
> > snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course is 250V, a=
nd
> > has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system is 250V from
> > the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20 amp, 220V p=
lug
> > and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table saw? That wou=
ld
> > mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord, to the two
> > phase
> > wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive heating loa=
d,
> > I
> > suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that score?
> > TIA
> > Kevin
> You are correct, it should work fine. If their voltage is actually 250, i=
t
> will be slightly cooler at 240
Probably not even cooler. All the irons I've seen for clothes have a
thermostat that cycles them on and off. Would suspect this is
probably the same, since they would want to make sure it doesn't get
so hot it burns the cloth.
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Posted by stan on October 6, 2009, 6:08 pm
> >I have an iron which is designed specifically for use on the cloth of a
> > snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course is 250V, a=
nd
> > has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system is 250V from
> > the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20 amp, 220V p=
lug
> > and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table saw? That wou=
ld
> > mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord, to the two
> > phase
> > wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive heating loa=
d,
> > I
> > suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that score?
> > TIA
> > Kevin
> You are correct, it should work fine. If their voltage is actually 250, i=
t
> will be slightly cooler at 240
Should be fine, and along with checking no contact between what was
the neutral and the frame make sure the 'Earth' is connected to the
ground pin of the outlet.
We have done same thing here and have 230- volt outlets at our three
work benches. We use therm for a) Welder b) Bench saw c) 230 De Walt
tool battery charger etc.
BTW a 10% increase/decrease in voltage is approximately a 20% increase/
decrease in wattage! Since most appliances are thermostatically or
otherwise controlled it makes little difference especially with a
resistive heater type device.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 5, 2009, 6:10 pm
Sounds like it should work. As you say, with a resistance
load, the hertz (cycles per second) makes little difference.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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I have an iron which is designed specifically for use on the
cloth of a
snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course
is 250V, and
has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system
is 250V from
the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20
amp, 220V plug
and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table
saw? That would
mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord,
to the two phase
wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive
heating load, I
suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that
score?
TIA
Kevin
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> snooker, (like pool), table. It is from the UK and of course is 250V, and
> has an internal fuse of 13 amps. I know that the UK system is 250V from
> the phase leg to neutral. My question is, can I attach a 20 amp, 220V plug
> and plug it into the 220V outlet that I have for my table saw? That would
> mean connecting the neutral and phase wire of the UK cord, to the two
> phase
> wires of my outlet, but seeing as it is purely an inductive heating load,
> I
> suspect it will work without a problem. Am I correct on that score?
> TIA
> Kevin