120/230 volts Motor Question

[Aaabrightfloor]

I have a question about a motor that is capable to work with 120 Volts or 230 Volts work differently if plug in to 120v vs 230v?
thanks

 

[John LaBarbera]

I have a question about a motor that is capable to work with 120 Volts or 230 Volts work differently if plug in to 120v vs 230v?
thanks

If you referring to the Escape its not the motor. Les Jones invented many year ago the means to convert 2-115 volt power cords to be combined to produce 230 volt. He was very generous to share that with me. I incorporated that technology in the Escape. I only wish his father was alive to see how his sons invention is used in the market place. Great job Les!

 

[racebum]

if this makes anyone scratch their head all a 240v outlet is; is two hot leads from a residential breaker box. a standard 120v has a hot, neutral and ground. the 240v is either 2 hots and a ground or 2 hots a neutral and ground. using two standard 120v plug ins will give someone up to 30amps of 240v power.

the only problem of course is sometimes finding two seperate circuits close to each other

 

[John LaBarbera]

if this makes anyone scratch their head all a 240v outlet is; is two hot leads from a residential breaker box. a standard 120v has a hot, neutral and ground. the 240v is either 2 hots and a ground or 2 hots a neutral and ground. using two standard 120v plug ins will give someone up to 30amps of 240v power.

the only problem of course is sometimes finding two seperate circuits close to each other

Bingo! That's what Les invented was a means to find the two different legs. He did this over 40 years ago. I think he was 9 or 10 years old.

 

[GRK STL]

if this makes anyone scratch their head all a 240v outlet is; is two hot leads from a residential breaker box. a standard 120v has a hot, neutral and ground. the 240v is either 2 hots and a ground or 2 hots a neutral and ground. using two standard 120v plug ins will give someone up to 30amps of 240v power.

the only problem of course is sometimes finding two seperate circuits close to each other

Residential 115v + residential 115v + 1 neutral = 220v if you add a ground it now turn into 3 phase power. I have not seen a house that has 3 phase unless specifically ordered.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

http://www.lesjones.com/2012/04/05/big-electrical-duh/

 

[John LaBarbera]

Residential 115v + residential 115v + 1 neutral = 220v if you add a ground it now turn into 3 phase power. I have not seen a house that has 3 phase unless specifically ordered.

It would be nice if Les commented here. My understanding is that a house receives 230 volt single phase to the main ( two Hots and one common) and it is split into two 115 volt single phase ( one hot, one common X 2). The ground in the USA is not live. (Austrailia and NZ is different) Les' device finds the two hot legs and brings them back together into 230 volts. The result allows more usable power from the available amperage.

Here's an example of what I mean by that last comment. Take 2-115 volt 20 amp circuits (each having different legs), each cord has a 13 amp vac on it and 7 amps availble. 6 amps will power a 500 psi pump. Cord #1 has 1 amp available and cord #2 has 7 amps unusable. By uniting the 2 115 volt 20 amp legs we now have 20 amps, 230 volts which allows power for 2 vacs at 13 amps 230 volts (remember double the volts, 1/2 the amps) and a 1000 psi pump can now work with the available amps.