Semi-OT 220v power in the home

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 09:45:51PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
> I am exchanging e-mails with a magazine regarding the
> loan of a Linux related product for review (product in
> question has not yet been released), which is all very
> neat and cool. Problem is power, I will need access to
> 220 volts for the duration of writing the review. The
> little server room down at GTCC does not have 220volt
> power, I have not been in the "new" Toronto Free-Net
> server room, so I am not sure if that is an option.
> So, the question is what can I do at home, as both my
> stove and clothes dyers are on 220volts with the BIG
> hockey puck style outlets.
> 
> So, question is how can I make the device work,
> safely, and reliably? I can arrange things in such
> that I can live without say the electic clothes dryer
> for the time required to do the review. Ideally I do
> not want to call in a profesional electrician (they
> don't pay me that well for these reviews :-( ). but it
> must be done in a safe way. 

Does it require 220V north american style (as in 2 phase power), or does
it require 220V european style (as in 1 phase power).  It does make a
difference to many things whether you have 220V between 2 phases, or
220V between neutral and one phase.  After all grounding would be very
different relative to a phase compared to neutral (not that either
should ever be directly connected to ground.)

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