Can i run an electric stove and a clothes dryer off the same 220 line?
(It’s a 240 Volt line, unless your house is really old.) It is not generally a good idea. While the NEC allows the use of Tap Conductors to feed appliances of differing Ampacities, the Code seems quite clear about Taps for cooking appliances serving ONLY other cooking appliances [Article 210.19(3)]. The dryer supply circuit could be used to supply the Air Conditioner, or vice-versa. The circuit with the higher Ampacity must be the principal circuit; the other may be “tapped” from original circuit. The easiest to use is what is commonly referred to as “the ten foot tap rule”. This is found in NEC 240.21 (B) (1). The rule states that: 1) The ampacity of the tap conductors shall not be less than the combined calculated loads & they shall not be less than the rating (Amps) of the device supplied by the tap conductors or not less than the rating of the overcurrent protection device at the termination of the tap conductors. 2) The tap conductors do not extend beyond the panelboard, disconnec
