Running a 240 volt line

I'd like to thank everybody for their input...it's been very helpful. Admittedly, my knowledge is not very good on this subject. I did find out the house has a 220/240 line going to the laundry area already, so there is a line coming into the house. I decided that since I have no immediate need for 220 at this time, that I think I'll pass on it for now. I'm also thinking that by the time I need it I'll have a shop built in back (my wife hopes so), in which case I'd have to hire an electrician to run power to it anyway. There are a lot of good arguements for and against, and it would be nice to have power in the garage, just in case, but at this point I'm trying to scrape every penny I can for closing and other related moving expenses. Thanks again for your help.

Tom

Just a suggestion, I would try to visit the site and talk to the electrician. Give him the $200 and get him to stub in some empty conduit to the crawl space or attic in the garage and near the panel. As far as the future shop goes same idea. Then when your ready to proceed its easy to get the power into the panel with out having to cut into anything.

MikeM

Most machines come without plugs. Go buy 3 or 4 plugs at Home Depot and show them to the electrician. Then put them away and pull them out when you buy a machine.

Montyhp

Gas Dryer?

That sounds like a great suggestion.

Bob

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:30:55 -0400, Nova brought forth from the murky depths:

Are you still running Edison DC there, Yack? Whatta hoot!

The Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant has been AC since it started in 1896. It was 25 Hz, but AC.

By the way, the last time I lost commercial power at my house was due to an ice storm. It was in 1977.

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:20:53 -0400, Nova brought forth from the murky depths:

Ayup. I read a book on Edison last year and cringed (again) when I reread how he stuck to DC and got skunked by Westinghouse.

Amazing. I've lost it here in "modern" Grants Pass several times for several hours since moving here 2 years ago. I already had a kero lamp and bought a propane single-burner stove for the times I had to warm my coffee by gas. Batteries fueled the radio and I had a rockin' good time.

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