Lighting Grow Northern Live Tech Talk

[oldster]

Happy to hear you did not get anyone electrocuted! You created what is called a live ground which is a serious risk as it could back feed electricity into something that was turned off as most switches are only connected to the live feed and assume if the electric is turned off there is no electricity on the ground wire.

There is also a frequency difference 50 vs. 60 hz which can effect a lot of things including motor speeds. Would hate to see someone risk fire or electrocution by trying to jury-rig a current GN unit for the US without using a legitimate converter. I will play it safe and wait for GN to have a unit correctly built for the US and would highly advise anyone else in the US to do the same

 

[Corgy]

You may be right, I didn't do this myself, this was done by a Certified electrician. All my overseas colleagues had this done.....dunno.....it worked.

Our hot air furnace in the basement was running off 220 V as well as a dehumidifier before we bought the house.

I would think that there may be a wide variance from state to state.....it's not like the US is one "country"........

 

[Margahooja]

Absolutely great advice Oldster.

 

[oldster]

You may be right, I didn't do this myself, this was done by a Certified electrician. All my overseas colleagues had this done.....dunno.....it worked.

Our hot air furnace in the basement was running off 220 V as well as a dehumidifier before we bought the house.

I would think that there may be a wide variance from state to state.....it's not like the US is one "country"........

US electrical codes are standard throughout the country. NJ is no different in that respect then anywhere else here

 

[MisterHarpy]

Here in Florida I worked as a contractor throughout the state, every single home my company built had 220v placed in it and to my knowledge almost all houses have 220v in Florida, as the ac units, hvacs, run 220v and so do most appliances, in fact I haven't seen a full size electrical stove, or washer or dryer sold in Florida that runs 110 only 220 , so it shouldn't be to hard for us Floridians, I've been checking out your products and the hs1 seems so great, its my next buy.

 

[oldster]

Here in Florida I worked as a contractor throughout the state, every single home my company built had 220v placed in it and to my knowledge almost all houses have 220v in Florida, as the ac units, hvacs, run 220v and so do most appliances, in fact I haven't seen a full size electrical stove, or washer or dryer sold in Florida that runs 110 only 220 , so it shouldn't be to hard for us Floridians, I've been checking out your products and the hs1 seems so great, its my next buy.

dedereweko,

In the US a 220/240 volt appliance has a red wire and a black wire that are both "hot" and a white wire that is the ground (also a green wire that is the secondary ground) the two 110/120 volt hot wires together are what provides the 220/240 in the US. In Europe one hot wire provides 230 volts. You would more than likely fry the power supply the instant you plug it in and that is if you are lucky. The only way to do it safely here is with a step up transformer that increases the voltage on a single wire from 110/120 to 230 volts. So yes you can do it with the correct converter but not by attaching a second hot wire to the ground of the GN unit

 

[astronomy420a]

someone is going to blow a 50 amp fuse

 

[MikeyB420]

someone is going to blow a 50 amp fuse

[video=youtube;Qfu1Ux1tX6A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfu1Ux1tX6A[/video]



MikeyB.

 

[MisterHarpy]

Oh I understand now, i thought the 220v here was the same as in europe. So still doable but I gotta spend extra on wiring and such, kinda rather wait for them to come out with something great

 

[The Elvis]

Has anyone discussed 'amps' i can say there are way to many amps on a American 220V to run a GN unit It would explode!