Stupid AC wiring question (220-ish Volts...)

[Raymond Wiker]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/5/2015 9:53 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>
>> On 2015-Feb-05, at 9:22 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> OK:  Confirmed two things:  There's 240V between the two HOT terminals
>>> at the outlet, and the ground appears to be grounded (I get continuity
>>> between the ground on the nearby 120V outlet (which I know is properly
>>> grounded) and the neutral terminal of the 240V outlet.)
>>>
>>> So it looks like I should be good to go here.  One last question -- does
>>> it matter which hot wire goes to which terminal in this case?
>>>
>> Nope.
>>
>
> Thanks for the help (to you and everyone else who chimed in!) -- I wired
> it up and plugged it in and it came to life quite nicely!  All self-tests
> pass as evidenced by the below photo:
>
> http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/dap/selftest.jpg
>
> Looks like I'll invest in a 240V outlet or two.  Can't wait to get it to
> do something useful (for some definition of 'useful'); I'm in the process
> of getting the software tapes archived (thanks to the help of a local QIC
> expert) but once that's done...
>
> Thanks again,
> Josh
>
>
Congratulations - that computer should privide a lot of fun (although
finding something useful for it to do may be a challenge :-) )