• nixcamic@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    My friends just put a euro style 220 outlet on their counter and ordered a kettle online. Since they were building the house new it was basically no different than buying a 110v kettle.

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        22 days ago

        American wiring is center-tapped ~240V; typical 120V outlets are from line on either side of the tap to the neutral, while dryers, stoves, etc. are 240V line to line. So they would have wired it like a stove, but then put in a euro style plug instead of a stove plug

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        22 days ago

        You just run 220 from the panel to it. Almost every US house has 220 outlets for the dryer and stove anyhow. All you’re doing is using a different shaped plug, and like, wires are wires, they fit into a euro plug the same as they fit into a NEMA plug.

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        22 days ago

        Technically it wouldn’t be to us code. It would be way smarter to just install a NEMA outlet and use an adapter, or even better just replace the plug on the kettle.

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          21 days ago

          I don’t actually live in the US, just somewhere that happens to use 110 and NEMA outlets.

          Also I think the theory with the euro plug was that when the kettle died they could just buy another and not have to modify anything.