Electrical – Can you split washer/dryer and share with standard 3 prong

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I’m not great with all of the proper terminology here. We have what appears to be a 30amp plug for out washer/dryer combo. I want to mount and hang out dyson vacuum charging station in the same space as the washer/dryer to have it out of the way.

Is it safe to get a splitter, plugging one portion into the washer/dryer and a converter into the other, with the dyson plugged into that

Will I provide too much power to the dyson and too little to the washer/dryer?

Best Answer

I would say NO based on the info provided. a 30 amp circuit will first normally be 240v. But even if it is something I have not seen the Dyson will only be rated for a 20 amp circuit so making a splitter would create multiple code violations if regulated by the NEC.

If it is a 20 amp 120v people all splitters all the time I do not allow them at my work if they need additional outlets I put in new circuits. However there are UL listed splitters so in that if used they would be “safe”. the code for the laundry circuit is that it has no other outlets so it would be a minor issue and you would only need to worry if the code police show up. (Code police not real a joke)