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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Dish washers available that run on 120Volts????
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.102055.18065@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1993Jan1.000155.15161@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 10:20:55 GMT
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- patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec26.003602.26877@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- :
- : >Nope. Additions to the panel would have to meet current code. Dishwashers
- : >are not that old. If my reading of the code is correct, to install a
- : >220v dishwasher onto a system that uses fuses, a person would have to use
- : >a 220v fuse, or install a subpanel with a 220v breaker.
- :
- : We had a dishwasher in my house since the early 50s - in short, they *are*
- : that old. Also - as far as I know, there's no such thing as a "220 volt fuse".
- : You drive a 220 volt appliance with two standard fuses. Any ganging of the
- : two is accomplished by the fuse box, not the fuse.
-
- Yep - it would be two fuses - one in each hot lead. Sorry, I should have been
- more explicit. As you state, they would be ganged at the fusebox.
-
- Bill
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