PLUG-IN Appliance Hams

[N3JBH]

No 3 phase. There was a machine shop in the basement.... And we never bothered to have it changed out ...  I bet i could run one hell of a amp haa haa.

[W5DQ]

I have been gone for two weeks. I can't beleive everyone is still talking about plugs.

NOW FOR A MAJOR ANOUNCEMENT. ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IS WIRED FOR 120 and 240 VOLTS.

We don't have 110 or 115 or 117 VAC.

There. I feel so much beter.

I glad you feel 'beter' ... whatever 'beter' is

Just think how good you'll be when you reach "feeling BETTER" ........

[N3JBH]

I have been gone for two weeks. I can't beleive everyone is still talking about plugs.

NOW FOR A MAJOR ANOUNCEMENT. ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IS WIRED FOR 120 and 240 VOLTS.

We don't have 110 or 115 or 117 VAC.

There. I feel so much beter.

I glad you feel 'beter' ... whatever 'beter' is

Just think how good you'll be when you reach "feeling BETTER" ........

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beter

[N2RJ]

NOW FOR A MAJOR ANOUNCEMENT. ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IS WIRED FOR 120 and 240 VOLTS.

Absolutely not true, not even true for residential service.

[W5DQ]

NOW FOR A MAJOR ANOUNCEMENT. ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IS WIRED FOR 120 and 240 VOLTS.

Absolutely not true, not even true for residential service.

Sorry, but according to Wikipedia, he's correct for the US part of NA. Can't speak for Canada or Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_in_North_America

Gene W5DQ

[N2RJ]

NOW FOR A MAJOR ANOUNCEMENT. ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IS WIRED FOR 120 and 240 VOLTS.

Absolutely not true, not even true for residential service.

Sorry, but according to Wikipedia, he's correct for the US part of NA. Can't speak for Canada or Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_in_North_America

Gene W5DQ

NOPE! According to your Wikipedia link he's still wrong, even for USA only.

While most of the USA has 120/240v, nearly all of NY City (con Edison) and a few other areas have 120/208v wye as the standard residential service.

Canada has 120/240V and Mexico has 127/254v.

So all of North America is not wired for 120/240v.

When operating an amplifier in NYC it would be wise to CHECK YOUR LINE VOLTAGE and if it is not 240v then you should change the transformer taps for the proper line voltage, which is likely to be 208v in NYC and a few other places.

[N2RJ]

Given that the plug/outlet are not common and the specific NEMA types may vary from shack to shack (hey, I installed the big 50A 240VAC outlet- way overkill) I would give RF Concepts some slack in this area.
The price, however, does seem high.

BTW, I do have several neighbors who appear to be able-bodied, but they have chosen to pay someone else to mow their very small back yards ever since they moved in.

You don't need a 50A receptacle for a ham amp. A 20a or even 15a will do. 30a if you wish but for most legal limit amps even that is overkill.

[N2RJ]

No 3 phase. There was a machine shop in the basement.... And we never bothered to have it changed out ...  I bet i could run one hell of a amp haa haa.

You could run a broadcast transmitter.

You'll make a lot of AMers jealous.