And surely you used 12 gauge or lower wire to make it happy, right?
this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)
Dullsters
602 readers
68 users here now
Inspired by the Dull Men’s Club.
1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of “discuss” rarely comply with this rule.
2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.
3. Avoid repetitive topics.
4. This isn't an advice forum
Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.
There are a number of content specific communities with subject matter experts who can help you.
Some other communities to consider before posting:
5. Keep it dull. If it puts us to sleep, it’s on the right track. Examples of likely not dull: jokes, gross stuff (including toes), politics, religion, royalty, illness or injury, killing things for fun, or promotional content. Feel free to post these elsewhere.
6. No hate speech, sexism, or bullying No sexism, hate speech, degrading or excessively foul language, or other harmful language. No othering or dehumanizing of anyone or negativity towards any gender identity.
7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with “So” - starting a post with pointless phrases, like “I hope this is allowed” or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.
founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
I thought it was 10 gauge for a 30amp dryer outlet (NEMA 14-30).
And surely they used properly grounded 4 wire.
Unless it's a heat pump unit, in which case I don't know anything (some are 120?).
Or it's in a civilized country with 240V, in which case I know nothing at all.
I have an extremely minor quibble: most of the world's countries using an AC voltage over 200 volts are using 230 V single-phase nominal. Whereas 240 V single-phase really only appears now in former British colonies, and many have since redefined their nominal voltage to match the 230 used everywhere else. This includes the progenitor of this voltage, the UK, as part of harmonization with the European power grid -- when they were part of the EU -- but that was accomplished by raising the EU upper voltage tolerance to include British 240 V single-phase.
North America does have 240 V split-phase, which mostly works fine for unpolarized 208/230/240 volt appliances, but it's just not common to provision for general-purpose circuits -- even though we could do it . Would that redeem America as a civilized country? The jury is still out...
Would that redeem America as a civilized country? The jury is still out...
Not anymore. I just showed the jury the top ten news headlines. They're come back with a verdict. 😏
I sincerely appreciate this. You have further proven that I don't know anything at all about other countries.
And an additional thanks for the thorough explanation in the linked comment. As a layperson, I knew different options existed, but I didn't know what they were, or why.