Why There Are 240V Outlets in All Rooms of a House

electrical

A friend's house, in the USA, has 240V ("dryer") outlets in almost every room… even in the hallway. They have no idea why one of the previous owners would do that.

I have never heard of this before, nor can I google a reason why.

Why would someone do this? 240V heaters everywhere? A poor-man's EU adapter? It seems both absurd, and unsafe.

Best Answer

I have seen this several times in the PNW higher wattage plug in heaters used to be very cheap. In this case they used portable heaters, not safe in my opinion but legal, if they had 15 or 20 am devices there are different types of receptacles that are legal for 220-240 devices dryer receptacles are 30 amp and would not be legal for smaller loads but a portable heater would be legal.