Installing (2002) Delta TS

[Sonny]

Me. I'm probably qualified for an honorary degree in Electrical Ignorance.

Sonny

[Bob Villa]

half. And there are 120 direction changes (60 cycles) in one second.

( ?~ ?? ?°)

[krw]

;-)

However, there are differences. Wood can be used to make electricity but the other way around takes a *long* time.

[Sonny]

Ugh..., Yes!

Sonny

[Bill]

That comment makes me wonder whether you really understand--as well as Bob Villa has explained it.

[krw]

Wonder about what? What I said is correct, with a possible niggle about "circuits" (without the neutral there is only one).

Frankly, I didn't understand "( ?~ ?? ?°)". ;-)

[Bill]

The flow of electricity in the 240v versus 120v circuits (feel free to show me that I'm wrong, and I'll be the first to admit it).

[Leon]

No, most don't get it, just regurgitating something they have googled. ;~)

[Markem]

First off there is a single phase, a 240v circuit needs no neutral.

The potential of the two legs is 180 degrees different to cause that potential.

A 120v circuit require a neutral return path.

If you have two signals that are 180 degrees out of phase they cancel each other. That would be a two phase system and you only have one.

[Bob Villa]

The "potential" is a voltage term. The 2 "hot" wires are in phase for 240 s ingle phase. If you took 2 120 Volt circuits from the same side of the pane l (in phase) black to black, white to white...you would have effectively, t he same circuit at 120 V. 240 out of phase? Not sure of the consequences of that!

[Bill]

Don't they call that a "run" (of outlets, say)?

[J. Clarke]

The breaker equivalent of a "slow-blow" fuse is called a "high magnetic" breaker. If your regular breaker is tripping on startup you might want to consider going that route. Personally when I run into tht though I generally just rewire the tool for 220 (if that's an option) and run a dedicated circuit. Most tools seem happier with 220 anyway.

[krw]

Running large stationary tools at 240V is certainly recommended (I think the OP has already gone that way) but there isn't a lot of reason to run dedicated circuits in a home shop. Several tools can share the circuit, since you aren't likely to use them simultaneously. The exception, of course, is a DC.