[TZ] Curious about 3 phase power

Tom Spencer Radiofreetom at gmail.com
Sat Jun 11 17:34:34 CDT 2011


The 240V 20A socket looks the same, but is larger enough that a 120V 
plug won't fit.  And I've seen some 120V sockets that are ground - up 
just today, so - yeah.  A DVM, or even the trusty Simpson 260...  or 
that $4.95 VOM from Radio Shack...

Steve Lewis wrote:
> If it's a 120 volt circuit and the air conditioner doesn't run, that doesn't
> explain the "br" reading on the its front panel, nor the presence of a small
> lit green led on what I think is a GFCI on the plug at the socket.
>
> One of those odd times when having a DVM would have been handy.

-- 
Tom Spencer



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