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US dryer to install in Newzealand?

12/10/2002 07:05 PM warren the kiwi

I am an electrician in NewZeland and a customer of mine has bought over a USA dryer (10kg) to use, but the voltage over here is 240VAC to ground. so I would like to know how you conecnt your dryers over there and how they are supplied? are they supplied two phase 110VAC or are they transformered 110 to 240Vac with a centre tap?
thanks warren.

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US dryer to install in Newzealand?

12/10/2002 09:49 PM DanO

Assuming a full size electric dryer, they're powered via two phase 120VAC. The heater only operates on 240VAC being connected between the 2 hot lines. The motor, timer and rest of it running on 120 volts hooked between one hot line of the supply and the neutral.

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US dryer to install in Newzealand?

12/16/2002 05:05 AM texan_kiwi

I'm an American living in New Zealand. When I moved overseas 9 years ago, we bought all 220/240 appliances from a company specializing in appliances for overseas. Some of the appliances/electronics were truly 220/240v, some were dual voltage, and some we found (refrigerators) were actually 110v w/transformers installed in back (i.e. we paid too much!)
My dryer uses gas for heating but still requires electricity for the motor and timer and is wired for 220/240. Unfortunately, it is still in storage, so I can't examine it to find out if it's rewired, transformed, etc. IF your client had a gas dryer, then all they need is a stepdown transformer to supply the motor/timer? If it's all electric, I see the 2-voltage problem presented by the electrician's response.
You might contact one of the US suppliers of overseas appliances found by searching google.com "Overseas appliances"

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