Date:         Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:41:29 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can 240 volts damage the fridge?
In-Reply-To:  <3FAAEBB9-333D-402C-9DA5-714D5DA876BA@NBNet.nb.ca>
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weird things can happen.  Especially if it's an old premises  and has
undergone multiple modifications over the years by various "electricians."
The technician coming along now may do something correctly but combined
with an issue elsewhere in the circuit cause something bad to happen?
Maybe?  I got called to an office at work because the computers had shut
down.  There was an electric stapler making a funny sound and it was hot.
I unplugged it and checked the regular 110 outlet and yep it was getting
220.  Numerous devices were destroyed.  Also once in an old house I fount
myself getting a shock when I had one hand on the power supply of a
computer an the other hand touched a heat register.  I traced that problem
with great difficulty to an old outlet on the circuit where the ceramic
stuff had broken down and caused a connection that wasn't supposed to
happen.  Can't remember exactly what it was but I guess it must have been
hot to ground?

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Electrical breakers are driven by current, not voltage.   An over voltage,
> by itself, will not trip the breaker.   In the example given below it is
> most probable something downstream would have shorted-out first, causing
> the draw to spike and trip the breaker.
>
>
>
> On 17-Jan-2015, at 12:45, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
> > This is a bit confusing.  The power cord to plug the shore power to an
> outlet will only fit 110 V A.C. outlets.  It could not be plugged to a
> 220-240 V outlet unless there was a 110-120 V type outlet wired to the 240
> V wiring.  In that case, I would expect the breaker in the van to trip as
> the internal van wiring heated up.  I would check the breaker, reset it if
> it is tripped, and then try the refrigerator on 110-120 V circuit.  mcneely
> >
> > ---- OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >>        Wouldn't your ShorePower have been plugged into a 110 Outlet ~
> >>
> >>
> >> On 16 Jan , 2015, at 4:26 PM, thewestyman wrote:
> >>
> >>> The reason why I ask this is because while I was away, the guys wired
> my workshop to 240 and a lot of items got fried.  But I’m not sure about
> the van’s fridge because they use the same ones in Europe with 240 volts.
> Only my fridge don’t seem to want to restart on 120.
> >>> Anyone knows anything about this?
> >>> Zoltan
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
>