11 Oct
1999
11 Oct
'99
7:19 a.m.
Be VERY carefull as some of the British equipment I deal with all the time only
put a breaker in the Hot leg. They expect the neutral to be at / near ground.
If this is wired to US 240 then it will only protect 1 hot lead. The other will
be unprotected and ready to bite you. Not to mention the fact you are then
depending on the house breaker to protect your equipment.
Dan
Could be - I'm not the expert in US electrics
(althrough I just did
some studies to buy the right stuff for my 110V paneel) - but 220/240V
sounds good when it comes to a 3~ plug. If you buy an aprobiate plug,
and whire two 'hots', your system should work well. If the outlet has
a distinct Protective Ground, you should also wire PG to allow your
GFCI to check for deffective loops. This is save with all newer European
stuff, since an in device PE/N connection is no longer valid - also all
devices ave to be constructed in a way that there is no need to
distinguish between Neutral and 'Hot' (Some exceptions apply to British
EQ, but even their manufacturers switched soon, since they don't want to
have two different PSUs for the same unit :).