KOMPRESSOR
Contributor
I may be dumb as a sheep about electrics, but my spouse is an electro engineer specialist so we get along without burning down the house every time I start rebuilding something here.
OK, now here's where I drop out... Last time I checked you guys were still running 110/115 volt into your houses. This DOES explain why a lot of homes burn to the ground every year, since the amps go sky high and you really need some thick cables to get the juice flowing to something like a compressor (2200 watts on this one maybe?).
Now here we have 1 phase 230 volt 50Hz as the household current. Larger appliances is usually run on 3 phase, but we're still struggling along with 230 volt here as well, along with only Albania I think... Everyone else in Europe use 400 volt on their 3-phase, which is much easier to handle. And we're moving slowly in that direction as all new houses usually have 400 volts inlet power, if possible.
If your electric motor is marked "1P 230V 60Hz", how the heck can you get it going on barely 115 volts? And second, if it actually does run, how will you prevent your house from burning down, as the internal cables in the motor are likely dimensioned for lower amps than you will need to run it on, if possible at all, with your 115 volts?
Are you absolutely certain you've got a compressor built for US electricity standards??!
As stated, I may be dumb as a sheep with electricity. But I would really like someone to explain this for me. Please, do not hesitate to use a tea spoon while doing so...
The electric motor plate says: "1P 230V 60Hz"
OK, now here's where I drop out... Last time I checked you guys were still running 110/115 volt into your houses. This DOES explain why a lot of homes burn to the ground every year, since the amps go sky high and you really need some thick cables to get the juice flowing to something like a compressor (2200 watts on this one maybe?).
Now here we have 1 phase 230 volt 50Hz as the household current. Larger appliances is usually run on 3 phase, but we're still struggling along with 230 volt here as well, along with only Albania I think... Everyone else in Europe use 400 volt on their 3-phase, which is much easier to handle. And we're moving slowly in that direction as all new houses usually have 400 volts inlet power, if possible.
If your electric motor is marked "1P 230V 60Hz", how the heck can you get it going on barely 115 volts? And second, if it actually does run, how will you prevent your house from burning down, as the internal cables in the motor are likely dimensioned for lower amps than you will need to run it on, if possible at all, with your 115 volts?
Are you absolutely certain you've got a compressor built for US electricity standards??!
As stated, I may be dumb as a sheep with electricity. But I would really like someone to explain this for me. Please, do not hesitate to use a tea spoon while doing so...