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110 16a yellow plug

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  • 28-03-2013 11:02pm
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    studdlymurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,
    I want to wire a US appliance to a site transformer. which pins are which on the plug does anyone know?


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    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    The two power pins don't matter which way they are connected. Just connect the earth to the earth pin, if the appliance has an earth.


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    martin46585
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    The two colours on the us plug are black and white, the black ( hot) as they would describe it is the live, and white the neutral, the voltage will be down if using a 3kva transformer,
    though will still work though anything of over 2kw will work best on a large transformer,

    you will get much better performance if you use a step down transformer, which will match both the voltage and the frequencies.....


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    Tow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,586 ✭✭✭Tow


    As per Bruthals response. Site transformers are center tapped to give 55-0-55, so it does not matter which is live and neutral. If you want to match frequencys you need to spend serious money.

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



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    brightspark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    martin46585 wrote: »
    The two colours on the us plug are black and white, the black ( hot) as they would describe it is the live, and white the neutral, the voltage will be down if using a 3kva transformer,
    though will still work though anything of over 2kw will work best on a large transformer,

    you will get much better performance if you use a step down transformer, which will match both the voltage and the frequencies.....

    This makes no sense!


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