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Exactly right Jim. The basement airs each have 2 separate compressors at 120vac and each one is on a separate leg. So in Chesters situation he had 120vac on each leg which did power his a/c's and all other 120vac items. But anything requiring 240vac such as his stove, dryer, and aqua hot would not work.
Clear as mud?