The plug-queen at play!
Dryer: 220v to 110v conversion.
Many NYC apts generally have 40a 110/220v service. This is the required minimun. Sizng/capacity assumes gas cooking and heat and hot water (via fossil fuels) provided by landlord.
Using an electic dryer(which may have to be unvented) requires a 30a line. To me that is cutting it a bit too close.
Converting the dryer to 110v lowers the wattage draw of the heater to aproximately 1/4 of its normal 5,000w. Other than the heater, the other components all use 110v, so their wattage will not change.
5,000w heater on 220v +/- becomes 1,488w on 110v +/-. The ohns (resistance) stays constant. Thus the heater plus a 600w motor will function below 20a @ 110v! PERFECT!
Ohm's law calculator in linkie.
Conversion simply entailed heater going fron [L1(hot) and L2 (hot)] to [L1 (hot) and N (neutral)]. this can be seen in the pic on GadgetGary's photo-album of the wiring terminal- block. I took a jummper (grey) and shot the netural (center post) to the blue wire (heater).
I took an air-conditoner extenson cord and removed the male and female ends. It was gauge 12, 20a wire. Then it was just a matter of fitting a 110v plug!
This machine has time/temperature auto-dry that advances the timer when the heater is "off". This is important in that the 60 minute timer becomes woefully inadequate on a pitful < 1,500 watt heat source! The anticipated dryign time will shoot to over two hours form the standard one hour!
Use 220v, 5,000w. Derive ohms (9.68)
Then, plug in ohms with 120v. See resulting wattage!
