# 220 Outlet in kitchen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc. Discussion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693 "2019-01-04T12:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tewald](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/tewald/32/59623_2.png) [@tewald](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tewald)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/1 "2019-01-04T12:55:56Z")
Why would there be a 220 outlet in the kitchen? ![20190103_140444.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/1/c/1c28f1be9a6dd2cfcdfd7f850a48aeb4c2309ded.jpeg) ![20190103_140448.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/b/b/bb79cb1bdd12260cb9dd7a3af23489a64e761b9a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/2 "2019-01-04T12:59:19Z")
Read this … [220v outlet in kitchen assistance needed](https://www.nachi.org/forum/f19/220v-outlet-kitchen-assistance-35776/) ---
**Author:** ![ddagostino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ddagostino/32/60136_2.png) [@ddagostino](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ddagostino)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/3 "2019-01-04T13:12:34Z")
Except that the OP posted a photo of a 14-30R receptacle, not a Canadian device. Maybe they had a clothes dryer in the kitchen? A ceramic kiln? Arc welder? ---
**Author:** ![kbrown9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kbrown9/32/117599_2.png) [@kbrown9](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kbrown9)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/4 "2019-01-04T13:32:39Z")
I’m with Roy on this one. I have had customers that have purchased appliances from Europe that needed a special connection. ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/5 "2019-01-04T13:45:15Z")
It looks like my Dryer outlet. ---
**Author:** ![cevans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cevans/32/244194_2.png) [@cevans](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cevans)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/6 "2019-01-04T14:22:55Z")
> [@ddagostino](#): > > Except that the OP posted a photo of a 14-30R receptacle, not a Canadian device. > > Maybe they had a clothes dryer in the kitchen? A ceramic kiln? Arc welder? Yep. That’s a 240v clothes dryer receptacle. I think they became standard in 1996. Maybe the laundry area used to be there? Certainly not a typical location for such a receptacle. ---
**Author:** ![sstanczyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/sstanczyk/32/175851_2.png) [@sstanczyk](https://forum.nachi.org/u/sstanczyk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/7 "2019-01-04T18:04:15Z")
I almost put one in during my remodel. I have a commercial meat grinder that uses 240v. :roll: ---
**Author:** ![wogletree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/wogletree/32/58250_2.png) [@wogletree](https://forum.nachi.org/u/wogletree)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/8 "2019-01-04T22:55:01Z")
Man. Imagine the toaster you could run off that sucker! ---
**Author:** ![pgiannino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/pgiannino/32/258128_2.png) [@pgiannino](https://forum.nachi.org/u/pgiannino)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/220-outlet-in-kitchen/127693/9 "2019-01-05T16:06:10Z")
The other electrical items do not look like they were professionally done. It may have been a handyman just trying not to move anything. It may have been from whatever the area was used for before.