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    Aug 19, 2013, 09:19 PM
    Dryer
    Can I hook up a electric 220 dryer,using a pig tail to a 110 outlet without harming the dryer or my apartment
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    Aug 19, 2013, 09:45 PM
    A simple answer. NO

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    Aug 20, 2013, 05:28 AM
    Hhow do you plan to get 240 volts?
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    Aug 20, 2013, 06:47 AM
    No, you cannot use a 120Vac to feed a 240Vac clothes dryer. As a tenant, you are not allowed to do any electrical work at all. A licensed electrician must do the work. The Landlord is the only one that can authorize such work.

    Physically it cannot be done. The dryer requires a higher amperage then the single outlet can deliver without causing a fire and the voltage has to be supplied by both phase bars in the service panel. A 120 Vac receptacle is only using one of those phase bars.

    You would have to het your landlord to agree to pull a 240Vac - 30 Amp circuit from your apartment panelboard to where the appliance will be. Also, this will require that a dual breaker be installed which means that you would need two open slots for the new breaker.
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