Thanks Albert, it seems that I was one of the "confused" ones. When I recently had a dedicated AC system installed, the electricians started at a 220 volt 50 amp breaker at the main breaker box and ran a 220 volt mainline to a secondary breaker box where the 220 volt was stepped down to 110 volt. Then 4 110 volt 20 amp lines were run from there to 4 duplex outlets. In short, it's my understanding that the 220 volt AC had to be stepped down to 110 volt before it could be used by stereo "stuff". But before the electricians came, I hooked up a cheap duplex outlet to the 220volt/50amp breaker using 50 feet of mainline cable (to test Redkiwi's directionality observations) and plugged in a 100 watt light bulb (just as a test). Well, the light bulb glowed about 100 times normal then went POOF-- I was lucky I didn't burn the house down or electrocute myself-- or both. AFTER the electricians installed the secondary breaker box, I did test the directionality of wire thing-- and yes it is "directional", but that's another story:). Thanks, Craig.
220 Volt Ciruits
Has anyone run their audio equipment off of a 220 volt circuit (like appliances use) either directly or using some sort of splitter or transformer? I am hoping to be able o use an unused appliance outlet in my new apartment as a dedicated line for my audio system. Any thoughts?
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go to this link. Digital Theater Forum I asked the same question and BruceK there explain in detail about how to DIY this conversion. you'll get a balance 220V! 110V- and 110V+. and a ground no neutral. no hum problem! I have all of my component modified to use 220V. good luck |
Albert is right about the signal. 220 volt is not really 220. The positive is 110 and the negative is 110, thus the overall voltage is 220 since they are out of sync. Youu can just split the line to get two 110 lines. I was posting because I wanted to know if people had had success doing this, particularly using some sort of pre-made device. |
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