Stupid question, but if I have an electrician come out to install a 220 volt outlet/circuit, won't that outlet have a different shape/configuration? I imagine I would need a different kind of cable to connect the power supply to the wall, but google is not providing useful search results (probably because I am searching for the wrong thing).
Any suggestions?
we have iec cables in europe the same as the ones in america. they may well be the same cable with a different connector on it. i don't know what connector they would use in the usa... but in europe, we mostly use 2 or 3 pin rounded connectors, and in the uk something different.
but i honestly don't know what you'd use in america when using 220-240 volt supplies.
europe..
http://www.power-cord.org/european-vde-power-cords/d04-1273.htmluk..
http://www.power-cord.org/uk-bsi-denmark-power-cords/y006a-st3-h-1507.htmlRight. In the U.S., 220V outlets are usually for things like clothes dryers and have special plugs. Since they aren't intended for plugging electronics into, I wonder if no one makes cables for power supplies that work with them. I would imagine that it's against code to install a 220V outlet that has the same plug design as a 110V outlet (which would be convenient for me, but probably not something I can talk a pro electrician into doing?).
i think it'd be a very bad idea to use the same outlet shape for 110volt and 220 volt. it HAS to be different. it'd be very wrong to make it the same.
hopefully, they've just made the 220volt be the same as most of europe.. and used those round pin cables. makes the most sense.. that way, all electrical goods designed for europe would work, as is.