I have added 120v outlets before, but how hard is it to add a 240v outlet in a home? I am going to buy an electric kiln for firing pottery, and will use the kiln on my back porch or back yard, so I need a 240v outlet that I can run a long (~20 feet) extension cord out to the kiln. I do have a
240v outlet for my electric range that is in a wall that might be convenient for creating a 240v on the opposite side of the wall (which is on my porch-- ie. the wall separates my kitchen where the 240v outlet for the range is from the porch that I could run an extension cord out to the kiln). Any ideas? Of course it would a lot easier to just run an extension cord from the existing 240v outlet in my kitchen outside, it is just that I live in Minnesota USA and I am not sure how I would do this without leaving a door adjar and letting cold air in; or could I access the 240v circuit somehow from below the floor of the kitchen (i.e. in my basement) and then just run a line out from the basement?- posted
20 years ago