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Because any appliance that isn't build for 240V would break, if not hurt/kill you when powered with twice the voltage it was designed for.
by realityking 7y ago
Because any appliance that isn't build for 240V would break, if not hurt/kill you when powered with twice the voltage it was designed for.
- Gibbon1 7y agoAs well the long trend in the US is for devices outside the kitchen to use less power. Whens the last time you overloaded a breaker in a bed room?
- magduf 7y agoI used to do it all the time, just by running my laser printer. I was in an old house that some amateur must have wired, so all the power for the entire second floor, plus both bathrooms, plus all the lights on that floor, were routed through a single GFCI outlet. It would pop every time I ran the laser printer, but only the first time. After I reset the breaker (in the dark, because the lights would go out), I could try printing again and it wouldn't pop that time.
- magduf 7y agoWell presumably, they'd change the outlets to 240V-specific outlets. We already have NEMA outlets for 240V single-phase applications, even in residential buildings. Of course, then you'll have the problem where someone moves into a new house and then they can't use any of their stuff because it doesn't fit into the outlet. Then they'll go to Home Depot and buy an adapter, which just converts the physical outlets (and has a big warning about not using for devices not rated for 240V), and use that with their heater or toaster or vacuum cleaner, and start a fire that burns down an entire apartment complex.