So this is house we are currently renting is quite old and a common thought was it was patterned after American houses.
Now I am quite sure it has both 110v and 220v wall outlet before. (Don't ask me why but I am pretty sure about it).
So the house currently has two types of outlets as shown below (except the one called perpendicular).
The apartment we lived in prior to our current house has the same set up: Parallel has 110v and Tandem has 220v (the voltage are just estimates).
But in our current house, both outlets have 220v (or 246v as measured by my multimeter).
However, when I put one of the test probes in the third opening, the reading registered 123v.
I read in one of the threads here that if this is the case, we have a line to line type (not sure) meaning 123v each line. And my test results also means that the grounding is still very much there.
My question is that, can i still make one 123v wall outlet? I just need to convert one outlet to 123v so I can use my favorite Japanese rice cooker.
tap one hot line to ground = 110 volts
tap two hot = 220 volts
tama ba?
tap one hot line to ground = 110 volts
tap two hot = 220 voltstama ba?
Yan nga din ang pagkakaintindi ko pero I need confirmation hehehe
Another question guys.
I've been reading about this matter and the ff words came up: hot wire, neutral, ground.
Is this applicable in my situation (240v wall outlet)?
If I am not mistaken, my house has two hot wires (120v each) and a ground.
you have a 3-wire service sir kung ganyan. di gaya dito sa amin sa norte na 2-wire. tignan nyo na rin yung service entrance cable nyo kung ilang wire iyon.
tignan nyo sa breaker panel/fuse box kung ano color code nung papuntang grounding bus sir. dun nyo na rin makikita yung 2 hot and 1 neutral plus the equipment ground. malamang tig-isang bus yung neutral at ground. kadalasan, black o red ang ginagamit na color code sa wires for hot, then white or green sa neutral o ground. btw, i'm not an eletrician nor EE. had some research via the net and textbooks regarding your question few months ago.
this blog could be helpful though. andito rin explanation ng hot, neutral and ground.:myphilippinelife.com/philippine-electrical-wiring/
salamat miked. tatanungin ko na lang siguro yung electrician ng university para sure. bago kasi kami lumipat, naglinya sila ng bago mula sa labas papuntang metro. underground ang wiring ng university so mahirap silipin hehehe. try ko din sa main breaker kung kaya silipin.
san ba sa elbi yan sir? hehe..........nakascrew lang naman siguro yung takip ng main breaker. 3 wire service pa rin jan sir kung may 110 volts ka na nameasure from hot to ground. ganun din mga shop sa engineering. the parallel is 110 while the other (not parallel) ay 220 volts.
hahaha elbi nga miked. mejo hassle yung outlets kasi as in luma na pero in the same manner okay na din dahil may option to make a 120v outlet.
taga elbi ka or nag-aral dito?
