Electrical hookups in Canada
Probably a silly question, but are the plugs the same in Canada as US, or do we need an adapter as we did in England?
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westernrvparkowner wrote:
Even if you came across a split duplex outlet that was wired where each outlet was on a different leg what difference would that make? There is no situation I can think of where it would make any difference since there is no reason to ever cross connect those two outlets.
I haven't seen them offered in awhile, but there used to an adapter sold, that was intended for generator use as I recall, that consisted of a block that plugged into both halves of a duplex outlet, and had a single 30 amp configured outlet. It couldn't supply 30 amps of course, but the paralleled contacts did provide more contact area to minimize overheating. In a split duplex/split phase configuration, plugging such an adapter in was guaranteed to set off fireworks, or at least pop the breaker.
