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    Default Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    I am not an engineer so I am starting from a basic level. I am working on a standard residence with a 200 amp panel with the following distribution settings
    120/240, single phase, configuration - none, 3 wires, L-L voltage 240, L-G Voltage 120
    I just need a 220V receptacle to use with Ovens and Dryers, etc. When I tried to add the 220V receptacle from the revit library I received a message stating that it could not be added to the panel because the 220V rating was out of range for the Line to Ground settings in the distribution system. When I opened up the family and selected the power connector I noticed that it was set to a single pole. Based on my limited knowledge I would expect that a 220V receptacle on a typical residential panel would need to be 2 poles. I saved the 220V receptacle from Revit with a new name and changed the number of poles to 2 - thinking that when I tried to connect it to the panel it would now connect and take up 2 slots on the panel. It did not - I now have a new error message stating that the 220V 2-pole receptacle cannot be added to the panel because the Line to Line voltage of 220V is outside the range of the distribution system.
    I have been playing around with the settings on my electrical connector for my 220V 2-pole receptacle and I will now list the current settings which I know are incorrect(not an engineer.)
    System Type - Power Balanced
    Number of Poles - 2
    Power Factor - Lagging
    Load Classification - Receptacle
    Voltage - 120V( I changed this, think it would have 120V per pole)
    Apparent Load - 0.00 VA
    Power Factor - 1.00

    Thank you for your insight

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    Default Re: Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    You need to either adjust the voltage range in the project Electrical Settings or change the voltage in the family (and its connector) from 120V to 220V. You should probably also assign a load to it.

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    Default Re: Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    Thanks for the Reply so far. I have changed the Voltage in the receptacle family and the connector to 220V and reloaded it into the project but I still get the Line to Line error message being out of range.
    These are the settings in the project for Voltage Definitions
    Name Value Min Max
    120 120V 114.00V 126.00V
    240 240V 228.00V 252.00V

    The distribution values stated in the original post remain.
    Any further suggestions?

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    Default Re: Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    Change that voltage minimum to 220.

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    Default Re: Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    Thank you, that worked. I can't believe I missed that, it was so simple.

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    Default Re: Creating a 220V Receptacle for use in a 120/240 Residential Panel

    I set the minimum for 240 Volt systems to 205 Volts so the same receptacle (or load center/panel) will work in a 208Volt 3-Phase building (I wire larger apartment buildings at 3-Phase).
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    mike

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