From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk
> Jesus H Kraist!!!!! Zane, you need to stick with shit you know
about,
and leave the
electrical advice to folks who understand the difference
between voltage and current.
DO NOT plug your 120v PDP11 into a 220V Dryer Outlet!!!!!
DO NOT plug your 120v PDP11 into a 220V Dryer Outlet!!!!!
I will agree with that, _but_
(1), IIRC the 11/44 has a handy switch on/in the PSU to select between
115V and 230V input. It would be easy to flip that.
(2) I was under the impression that US dryers, while using 230V for the
heating elements, used 115V for the timer. And that US domestic mains was
a centre-tapped (The tap being called 'neutral') 230V supply.
In which case, if there's a neutral feed to the dryer socket which can
carry the same current (20A) as the 2 live feeds (one from each side of
the mains), then you could run the 11/44 between one live feed and
neutral. This probably breaks code in a dozen places, but....
Hi
My drier has a three pin plug, Two hots and one ground,
No Neutral!
I would assume that if anyhting ran on 115, it would be
through a transformer but I think the time is 230V as
well.
Dwight