Subject: Re: 110 vs 220 VAC motor

From: Christopher Raymond <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 23:52:10 -0800

Hi folks, Ed LeBlanc has convinced me that running a motor at 220V is in
fact more efficient (cheaper) than running it at 110V, contrary to my
previous post.  I had made some wrong assumptions in my argument and he
showed me my boo-boo.  Thanks Ed, for setting me straight - hope I
didn't mislead anybody.

Chris

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From: [email-masked] (Robert Galloway)
Date: 28 Mar 1997 07:03:49 -0700

>> Andrew
>
>Actually, it's probably slightly cheaper to run on 110V.  Power is
>delivered more effectively at 220V, and you are paying for power.  You
>get slightly less at 110V because of resistance in your wiring.
>

Odds are the cost will be about the same.  In one case a higher 
proportion of the power you are paying for will be used to heat the 
wiring leading to the saw, that's all.  And the more power that's soaked 
up in the wiring, the poorer the performance of the saw.

rhg