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Topic: 230v or 120v motors

Posted By: hardworkers
Subject: 230v or 120v motors
Date Posted: 26/September/2005 at 4:02pm

I was talking to a electrician about commerical equipment in general. He says the equipment made to run 230v like some of the portable extractors options, should use smaller vacuum motors compare to 120v machines? Also goes on the saying 230v equipment should be weight lighter and use less ampage draw?

In this industry, do manufactures rate the surge draw or idle draw of it motors? Lets take an example like the ninja500. Uses two 120v corded with 15amp draw. This it mean i'm using 7.5 amperes after start-up but using 15amp at the intial flick of the switch?

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Posted By: Ed Valentine
Date Posted: 10/October/2005 at 10:50am

Hardworker:

"...............He says the equipment made to run 230v like some of the portable extractors options, should use smaller vacuum motors compare to 120v machines?...."

Absolutely not. He's wrong.

Good Fortune;

Ed Valentine