Quote from: wedgenix on July 24, 2019, 10:42:39 PM

Quote from: joblo on July 24, 2019, 10:08:28 PM

Depending on the jurisdiction you would have to do more than "consult" an electrician.
You nay be required to have an electrician either do the work or certify it.

But yes 240V is just using the +120 and -120 (red & black) with heavier gauge wiring and a
bigger dual pole breaker. That's how the stove and dryer do it.

lol @ +120 and -120 on an AC circuit ffs.

Yeah, just take one leg from 1 breaker and the other leg instead of a neutral from another breaker and you can get a 240v circuit from a couple 120v outlets....make your own power cable that plug into both outlets to do it and it's done...but don't call it +120 and -120 lol...no such thing. If you don't understand how to make a 240v cable from neighboring 120v circuits then you shouldn't try it. Sidenote: "heavier gauge" is absolute nonsense since you are effectively halving the current versus a single 120v circuit. For crying out loud...if you don't understand basic household electrical wiring don't go giving fucking advice on customizing someone's home where they likely wish to sleep without risk of being burned to the ground.

Hell, I run 240v through "normal" 120v receptacles in my mining room. You can do a whole bunch of shit if you know wtf you are doing....but to "give advice" and say stupid shit like +120 line and -120 line? Huh

?? wtf? Next you will call it 2 phase....ugh.

You ignored the first paragraph.

Mind your manners, learn how to read, stop picking nits and don't hijack the thread
to start a flame war. Any merit your post might have otherwise had was lost by your
inflammatory attitude.

I could have gone into long technical detail of split phase but the simplified description
makes it easier to understand how how 240v is achieved and was not the central point of
my post. You're the reckless one bragging about running 240v through 120v recepticals.
An electrician would rip you a new one for that.

Getting back on topic and where I started was that an electician, by law, must either do the work
to add 240v circuits, or certify it before it can be connected to the grid.