Can you plug a refrigerator in a 220 volt outlet?

Question

In my garage there is an outlet with only one plug hole. I am assuming it is a 220 volt outlet meant for a possible dryer. Will my refrigerator work properly if I use this outlet? How can I tell if it is 110 or 220?

Answer 1

A 110 V refrigerator will not work on 220 V. If the correct outlet was installed then there is no way to plug the wrong device in. You can buy a cheap voltmeter for about $10 to check the voltage.

Answer 2

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Can you plug a refrigerator in a 220 volt outlet?

In my garage there is an outlet with only one plug hole. I am assuming it is a 220 volt outlet meant for a possible dryer. Will my refrigerator work properly if I use this outlet? How can I tell if it is 110 or 220?

Answer 3

220 Volt Refrigerator

Answer 4

If it looks like an ordinary 110 v outlet, it is. 220 v outlets look different and are much larger than 110 v outlets. Your 110 v refrigerator's plug will not fit into a 220 v outlet.

Answer 5

If it doesn't look like a standard outlet you would find in your home, don't use it for your refrigerator. The short answer is no, you can't plug any American appliance into a 220-volt outlet unless it is designed to run on 220 volts (refrigerators in the U.S. run on 110 volts). If you do, you'll fry the appliance. Here's a tip: If the outlet in your garage is round in shape and has three or four holes in it, chances are it's a 220-volt line. I'm betting it is a 220-volt line, and I'm bettting you're correct in your assumption that it was for an electric dryer. Don't use it for anything without consulting a licensed electrician first.

Answer 6

No! Will ruin refrigerator. 220 plugs are much larger than 110 plugs. Jack

Answer 7

check the plug with a volt meter. should you plug a 110 appliance into a 220 outlet, it may take as long as 30 seconds to burn up the appliance. on a fridge the compressor motor would get fried. maybe it would go off on internal overload, but um......NO!



and just so you know, you can have a 220 wired to a outlet that looks like a typical 110. it's unusual, but i have seen this before. if the outlet looks like a typical 110 outlet it probably is though. but if you have doubts, use a volt meter to check it. just stick the two probes of meter in plug and it will register the voltage.



addendum: the only time i saw a 110 type outlet wired to a 220 was on a temp pole at jobsite. electricians didnt have it marked and i fried radio and blew fuse on my 12v drill charger

Answer 8

I seriously doubt that you can plug the fridge into a 220 recepticle.



Most refridgerators work on a standard 110, 60v power source. And it has a regular recepticle it plugs into.



Because of the massive power needss of a dryer, it plugs into a special 220 recepticle, shaped differently than a standard 110.



A 110 has two prong openings that are paralell to each other, with a round ground beneath it. A 220 has three prong openings, plus the ground.

Answer 9

Entirely normal voltage surges. Purchas surge protectors for your electronics. Hav a qualified, licensed professional electrician verify the neutral and ground buss connections are secure. If one of these is loose, the problems you describe can occur. Also the problem could be out at the transformer, where the neutral is developed.

Answer 10

NO ! NO !! NO !!! DON'T DO IT !

CHECK WITH an ELECTRICIAN !!